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Modern | April 22, 2025

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From Modernists in Latin America, such as Omar Rayo and Manuel Felguerez, to representations of the early work of Thomas Downing, Gordon Onslow Ford, the Modern sale offers paintings, sculpture, and multiples from estates and fine collections. Other names to drop? Ernest Trova, Larry Rivers, Maud Gatewood, Nicolo Simbari, Werner Scholz, Tony Hernandez, Mary Whyte, and Mark Beard, Peter Roux, Bruce Brainard, Paul Vincent, important multiples by Jasper Johns, Calder, Chagall, and George Rodrigue, design by Edward Moulthrop, Georg Jensen, and George Nelson. If you love modern, enjoy this sale.
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Lot 22

Thomas Downing, Abstract Bird Form

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
Starting Bid
$1,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(District of Columbia, 1928-1985) 

Composition on a yellow field, signed lower right "Downing", inscribed verso "For/Jeanette/#3", 21-1/2 x 32 in.; metal frame, 26-1/2 x 36-1/2 x 1 in.

Provenance: The artist; by descent in family 

Note: Most noted for being a color field artist, Downing, experimented during his early years as he travelled in Europe in 1950 through 1951. He studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and became a studio assistant to Fernand Léger, a second generation cubist. As with earlier in New York, Downing visited museums and galleries.

Sources: The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, South Carolina, thejohnsoncollection.org

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The artist; by descent in family 

hinged in, lower left corner with small loss, some crackle