Venice for Armchair Sailor, $8.5 Million Flowers, Fun Goldfish
"Venice, Entrance to the Grand Canal"
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"Venice, Entrance to the Grand Canal" by John Stobart. The painting is part of "John Stobart: New Works" on view at the Gerald Peters Gallery through July 29.
"Venice, Entrance to the Grand Canal" by John Stobart. The painting is part of "John Stobart: New Works" on view at the Gerald Peters Gallery through July 29. Photographer: Michael Bady/Gerald Peters Gallery via Bloomberg
"New York, Lower South Street"
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"New York, Lower South Street" by John Stobart. The painting is part of "John Stobart: New Works" on view at the Gerald Peters Gallery through July 29.
"New York, Lower South Street" by John Stobart. The painting is part of "John Stobart: New Works" on view at the Gerald Peters Gallery through July 29. Photographer: Michael Bady/Gerald Peters Gallery via Bloomberg
"Lemons"
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"Lemons" by Peter Doig. The work is part of the show "Flowers for Summer" on view at Michael Werner Gallery.
"Lemons" by Peter Doig. The work is part of the show "Flowers for Summer" on view at Michael Werner Gallery. Source: Michael Werner Gallery via Bloomberg
"Blumen (Flowers)"
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"Blumen (Flowers)" by Georg Baselitz. The work is part of the show "Flowers for Summer" on view at Michael Werner Gallery.
"Blumen (Flowers)" by Georg Baselitz. The work is part of the show "Flowers for Summer" on view at Michael Werner Gallery. Source: Michael Werner Gallery via Bloomberg
"Leaf Panel II"
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"Leaf Panel II" by Thomas Houseago. The work is part of the show "Flowers for Summer" on view at Michael Werner Gallery.
"Leaf Panel II" by Thomas Houseago. The work is part of the show "Flowers for Summer" on view at Michael Werner Gallery. Source: Michael Werner Gallery via Bloomberg
"Capt. Pfeiffer & the Takin"
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"Capt. Pfeiffer & the Takin" by David Schwab. The photograph is part of the show "Salon Photography" on view at Keith de Lellis Gallery through Aug. 5.
"Capt. Pfeiffer & the Takin" by David Schwab. The photograph is part of the show "Salon Photography" on view at Keith de Lellis Gallery through Aug. 5. Photographer: David Schwab/Keith de Lellis via Bloomberg
"Teleskop Fish"
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"Teleskop Fish" by Paul Unger. The photograph is part of the show "Salon Photography" on view at Keith de Lellis Gallery through Aug. 5.
"Teleskop Fish" by Paul Unger. The photograph is part of the show "Salon Photography" on view at Keith de Lellis Gallery through Aug. 5. Photographer: Paul Unger/Keith de Lellis via Bloomberg
"Blast Furnaces"
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"Blast Furnaces" by C. F. Ross. The photograph is part of the show "Salon Photography" on view at Keith de Lellis Gallery through Aug. 5.
"Blast Furnaces" by C. F. Ross. The photograph is part of the show "Salon Photography" on view at Keith de Lellis Gallery through Aug. 5. Photographer: C.F. Ross/Keith de Lellis via Bloomberg
When John Stobart had his first Manhattan show in 1967, Thomas Watson Jr., then president of International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), bought six of the maritime paintings.
Stobart’s latest show is at the Gerald Peters Gallery, with 20 works from the 1950s to the present. They include recently painted views of Venice’s Bridge of Sighs and the entrance to the city’s Grand Canal.
Early in his career, Stobart painted passenger-cargo vessels in the hope that ship companies would buy them for boardroom display and calendar prints. In the mid-1960s, he shifted to historical sailing ships and harbor scenes, with his usual attention to detail and accuracy.
“Sailors are always impressed by the accuracy of the riggings in Stobart’s pictures,” said Reagan Upshaw, director of the gallery, whose favorite work depicts abandoned ships in New York’s Lower South Street in 1885.
Prices range from $42,000 to $575,000. “John Stobart: New Works” is at 24 E. 78th St. through July 29. Information: +1- 212-628-9760; http://www.gpgallery.com.
‘Flowers for Summer’
At Michael Werner gallery, managing partner Gordon VeneKlasen came up with a floral theme for a summer group show, with 24 works by 23 artists.
Peter Doig’s “Lemons” features bright fruit on a background of white and sea-foam green. It’s a compelling image among an initially confusing jumble of works. Yet like a flea market, once you start browsing you find the good stuff.
There’s a 1986 color study by Sigmar Polke, a vase of flowers painted by Picasso in his twenties, a dark portrait entitled “Papion” by Picabia, and finally “Blumen (Flowers)” by Georg Baselitz.
The latter is a lyrical upside-down vase of flowers with dark stems. Bits of a yellow background peek out from a storm of brushstrokes the color of red wine. By contrast, Aaron Curry’s “Greenegalbwrry,” a steel, cardboard, wood and rope sculpture almost 7 feet tall, merits VeneKlasen’s description as “the strangest ‘flower’ in the show.”
Though most works are consignments or part of the gallery’s collection, Thomas Houseago created his white sculpture of a flower and leaves especially for the summer show.
Prices range from $40,000 to $8.5 million (for the Picasso). “Flowers for Summer” is at 4 E. 77th St. through Sept. 10. Information: +1-212-988-1623; http://www.michaelwerner.com.
‘Salon Photography’
A bug-eyed telescope goldfish heads right into the camera lens in a 1933 bromide print that once belonged to the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago.
It’s part of a show at Manhattan’s Keith de Lellis Gallery featuring the owner’s acquisition of some of the museum’s prints. The 52 images are arranged along such themes as travel, nature, landscapes and still life.
C.F. Ross’s 1935 “Blast Furnaces” presents a sharp-edged view of Philadelphia using Man Ray’s solarization technique, in which a print is briefly exposed to light in the dark room.
Don’t miss David Schwab’s wonderful 1933 portrait of a friendly takin, or goat-antelope, going nose to nose with someone named Capt. Pfeiffer wearing a suit and a broad smile.
Prices range from $600 to $6,000. “Salon Photography: 1930s Exhibition Prints from the Collection of the Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago” is at 1045 Madison Ave. through Aug. 5. Information: +1-212-327-1482; http://www.keithdelellisgallery.com.
(Lili Rosboch writes for Muse, the arts and leisure section of Bloomberg News. Opinions expressed are her own.)
To contact the reporter on this story: Lili Rosboch in New York erosboch2@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Manuela Hoelterhoff at mhoelterhoff@bloomberg.net.
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