VVFA Modern | Collections | Modernist Paintings

  • New York Cityscape
  • Charles Henry Alston (American, 1907 - 1977)
  • New York Cityscape
  • Oil on canvas
  • 20 x 24 x inches
  • Signed lower right
  • Landscape
  • Benny Andrews (American, 1930 - 2006)
  • Landscape
  • Oil on paper
  • 13 x 17 1/2 x inches
  • Signed lower left
  • The Poor House
  • Benny Andrews (American, 1930 - 2006)
  • The Poor House, 1962
  • Oil on canvas
  • 20 x 26 x inches
  • Signed lower left; titled and dated 1962 on verso
  • The Offering
  • Benny Andrews (American, 1930 - 2006)
  • The Offering, 1964
  • Oil on canvas
  • 24 1/2 x 38 1/2 x inches
  • Signed, dated 1964, and titled on verso
  • Spring Maiden
  • Benny Andrews (American, 1930 - 2006)
  • Spring Maiden, 1963
  • Oil on canvas and collage
  • 30 x 20 x inches
  • Signed lower right; titled and dated 1963 on verso
  • Chess
  • Benny Andrews (American, 1930 - 2006)
  • Chess, 1964
  • Oil and collage on board
  • 15 x 11 x inches
  • Signed, titled, and dated 1964 lower left
  • The Beach
  • Benny Andrews (American, 1930 - 2006)
  • The Beach, 1976
  • Oil and collage on canvas
  • 21 x 16 x inches
  • Signed and dated 1976 lower right
  • Flight
  • Benny Andrews (American, 1930 - 2006)
  • Flight, 1975
  • Oil and collage on canvas
  • 18 x 20 x inches
  • Signed and dated 1975 lower right
  • Untitled (Still Life)
  • Benny Andrews (American, 1930 - 2006)
  • Untitled (Still Life), 1971
  • Oil and collage on canvas
  • 27 x 24 x inches
  • Signed and dated 1971 lower right
  • Midnight (Study for Midnight)
  • Will R. Barnet (American, b. 1911)
  • Midnight (Study for Midnight)
  • Graphite on paper
  • 14 3/4 x 8 3/4 x inches
  • Signed lower right
  • Untitled
  • Robert Beauchamp (American, 1923 - 1994)
  • Untitled, 1965
  • Oil on canvas
  • 68 1/2 x 87 1/2 x inches
  • Signed and dated '65 lower left
  • Arcana #2
  • Claude Ronald Bentley (American, 1915 - 1990)
  • Arcana #2, 1956
  • Oil on canvas
  • 50 x 42 x inches
  • Signed and dated 1956 lower center
  • SOLD
  • Sandia
  • Claude Ronald Bentley (American, 1915 - 1990)
  • Sandia, 1953
  • Oil on canvas
  • 36 x 53 x inches
  • Signed and dated ‘53 lower right Signed and titled on stretcher bar verso
  • Eté Blanc (White Summer)
  • Gaston Bertrand (Belgian, 1910 - 1994)
  • Eté Blanc (White Summer), 1965
  • Oil on canvas
  • 18 x 13 x inches
  • Signed, dated 1965 and dated verso
  • Provenance: acquired from the artist by Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York (1972)
  • Untitled (Column)
  • Ilya Bolotowsky (American, 1907 - 1981)
  • Untitled (Column), 1963
  • Oil on wood
  • 48 x 7 x 7 inches
  • Signed and dated at lower edge
  • Ex-Collection: B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago
  • Untitled
  • Alexander Calder (American, 1898 - 1976)
  • Untitled, 1962
  • Gouache on paper
  • 13 3/4 x 16 x inches
  • Signed and dated lower right: Sandy 62; Inscribed lower right: to J.O.W JOW JR
  • Provenance: Lea Lee, New York, Paris White Family, Connecticut Private Collection, New York Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York Private Collection, Dallas
  • Untitled
  • Alexander Calder (American, 1898 - 1976)
  • Untitled, 1972
  • Gouache on paper
  • 43 1/4 x 29 1/2 x inches
  • Signed and dated '72 bottom right
  • Yellow, 1965
  • Jim (James) Dine (American, b. 1935)
  • Yellow, 1965
  • Mixed media with collage on paper
  • 29 1/4 x 20 1/2 x inches
  • Titled, dated 1965, and signed 'Jim Dine' on paper
  • Provenance: Sidney Janis Gallery, New York; Private Collection, New York
  • Untitled
  • Harold Krisel (American, 1920 - 1995)
  • Untitled, 1959
  • Oil on canvas
  • 20 x 26 x inches
  • Signed, dated and titled on verso: "Harold Krisel, 33-68 21st L.I.C., 1959"
  • Untitled
  • Harold Krisel (American, 1920 - 1995)
  • Untitled, 1959
  • Oil on canvas
  • 18 x 40 x inches
  • Signed and dated 1959 verso
  • Untitled
  • Harold Krisel (American, 1920 - 1995)
  • Untitled, 1956
  • Oil on canvas
  • 20 x 24 x inches
  • Signed and dated 'Krisel 56' lower right
  • SOLD
  • Untitled
  • Harold Krisel (American, 1920 - 1995)
  • Untitled, 1948
  • Oil on board
  • 16 x 20 x inches
  • Signed and dated '48 lower right; Signed on verso: 'H. Krisel, 4730 N. Malden Chi. Ill.'
  • SOLD
  • Untitled
  • Harold Krisel (American, 1920 - 1995)
  • Untitled, 1948
  • Oil on board
  • 20 x 12 x inches
  • Signed and dated '48 lower right
  • SOLD
  • Untitled
  • Harold Krisel (American, 1920 - 1995)
  • Untitled, 1968
  • Oil on canvas
  • 30 x 48 x inches
  • Signed and dated at lower right; signed and dated verso
  • Untitled
  • Harold Krisel (American, 1920 - 1995)
  • Untitled, 1959
  • Oil on panel
  • 30 x 48 x inches
  • Signed and dated at lower right, signed and dated verso
  • Provenance: Private collection, Southampton, NY
  • SOLD
  • Untitled
  • Fernand Léger (French, 1881 - 1955)
  • Untitled, 1950
  • India ink on paper
  • 14 x 11 x inches
  • Initialed and dated 1950 lower right, inscribed lower right and signed
  • Red Mass
  • Michael Loew (American, 1907 - 1985)
  • Red Mass, 1959
  • Oil on canvas
  • 24 x 28 x inches
  • Signed lower left
  • Reclining Nude with Still Life No. 1
  • Michael Loew (American, 1907 - 1985)
  • Reclining Nude with Still Life No. 1, 1946
  • Charcoal on Strathmore
  • 19 x 25 x inches
  • Signed and dated lower right
  • SOLD
  • Collage
  • Boris Lovet-Lorski (American, 1894 - 1973)
  • Collage
  • Gouache on paper board
  • 26 1/2 x 20 1/4 x inches
  • Signed "Lovet-Lorski" lower right
  • Untitled (Heart, Star & Bird)
  • Jan Matulka (Czech/American, 1890 - 1972)
  • Untitled (Heart, Star & Bird), 1929
  • Gouache on paper
  • 8 1/4 x 6 x inches
  • Estate stamped verso
  • SOLD
  • Untitled (Birdcage)
  • Jan Matulka (Czech/American, 1890 - 1972)
  • Untitled (Birdcage), 1929
  • Watercolor on paper
  • 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 x inches
  • Estate stamped verso
  • SOLD
  • Untitled (Woman with Gramaphone)
  • Jan Matulka (Czech/American, 1890 - 1972)
  • Untitled (Woman with Gramaphone), 1929
  • Gouache on paper
  • 12 1/4 x 8 3/8 x inches
  • Signed at lower margin; Estate stamped verso
  • SOLD
  • Untitled
  • Mimmo Paladino (Italian, b. 1948)
  • Untitled, 1986
  • Oil and enamel on linen canvas
  • 65 x 41 1/2 x inches
  • Signed and dated 1986 verso
  • Transforming Night
  • Irene Rice-Pereira (American, 1902 - 1971)
  • Transforming Night, 1952
  • Oil on canvas
  • 40 x 30 x inches
  • Signed lower right
  • Provenance: Sid Deutsch Gallery, Private collection of Sid Deutsch; Exhibited: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1953 (label on verso)
  • Untitled
  • Jack Roth (American, 1927 - 2004)
  • Untitled, 1960
  • Oil on canvas
  • 36 x 36 x inches
  • Signed and dated '60 at lower center
  • Rooftops and Penants
  • Charles Green Shaw (American, 1892 - 1974)
  • Rooftops and Penants, 1942
  • Oil on canvas board
  • 20 x 16 x inches
  • Signed and dated on verso: Charles G. Shaw 1942
  • Fandango
  • Charles Green Shaw (American, 1892 - 1974)
  • Fandango
  • Oil on canvas board
  • 12 3/4 x 9 x inches
  • Signed lower right
  • Inscribed and labeled verso
  • Still Life with Apple
  • Joseph Stella (Italian/American, 1877 - 1946)
  • Still Life with Apple
  • Oil on canvas
  • 16 1/8 x 7 5/8 x inches
  • Signed lower right stretcher bar
  • Various Jungle Objects, 1945
  • Edward John Stevens, Jr. (American, 1923 - 1988)
  • Various Jungle Objects, 1945, 1945
  • Gouache on paper
  • 19 x 22 1/4 x inches
  • Signed and dated lower center
  • Chinese Still Life
  • Edward John Stevens, Jr. (American, 1923 - 1988)
  • Chinese Still Life, 1945
  • Oil on board
  • 25 1/2 x 21 1/2 x inches
  • Signed lower right and inscribed "Chinese Still Life"
  • Transendence
  • Mark Tobey (American, 1890 - 1976)
  • Transendence, 1966
  • Watercolor on paper
  • 8 1/8 x 5 3/4 x inches
  • Signed lower left
  • SOLD
  • Collage
  • Estaban Vicente (Spanish/American, 1903 - 2001)
  • Collage, ca. 1957-59
  • 7 x 8 x inches
  • Signed on verso
  • Provenance: Private Collection, New York Exhibited: Instituto Cervantes, The Spanish Nexus, November 17, 2009 to January 10, 2010
  • Cityscape
  • Abraham Walkowitz (American, 1880 - 1965)
  • Cityscape, 1913
  • Pencil and crayon on paper
  • 20 x 15 x inches
  • Signed and dated 1913 lower right
  • Provenance: Private Collection, New York; Zabriskie Gallery, (early label on verso); Possibly Stieglitz’s Little Galleries, 1913
  • SOLD