A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
As the title notes, the exhibition is all American and are predominantly works from the 1920s-40s. Highlights include:
- Several works depicting New York City bridges, by Reginald Marsh, John Marin and Cecil Bell are included, along with a number of works showing other sides of NYC.
- A rare and intriguing 1948 oil, “Obsessive Theme,” by O. Louis Guglielmi, and a monumental mid-Century James Daugherty abstract.
- The traffic of New York from the hand of Tony Bennett (yes, that Tony Bennett) and a theatre audience by Leon Bibel.
- Outstanding examples of outsider art by Purvis Young and Ralph Fasanella, including a work he created the very first year he began painting.
- Al Hirschfeld original drawings and lithographs.
- A stunning WPA era mural study by Seymour Fogel.
The full list of artists included in AMERICAN VISIONS: Art of the 20th Century are: Cecil Bell, Lugwig Bemelmans, Tony Bennett, Leon Bibel, Syd J. Browne, Frederick Buchholz, Jo Cain, Letterio Calapai, Vincent Campanella. Clarence Carter, Max Arthur Cohn, James Daughery, Stuart Davis, Guy Pene Du Bois, Ralph Fasanella, Seymour Fogel, Don Freeman, Ruth Gay, O. Louis Guglielmi, Bernard Gussow, Milton Hebald, Al Hirschfeld, Malvina Hoffman, Saul Kovner, John Marin, Kyra Markham, Reginald Marsh, Haig Patigian, Antonio Petruccelli, Philip Reisman, Frederick Rockwell, Iver Rose, Arthur Rosenman Ross, Richard Whorf, John Vassos and Purvis Young.
All Images courtesy of Helicline Fine Art
