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Untitled: Street Art - Graffiti Art Before Basquiat

Creator: Alvin Carl Hollingsworth
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
Sometimes, the most celebrated artists are not the most original. Such is the case with Jean-Michel Basquiat, known for bringing into mainstream abstract yet representational street art that incorporated graffiti, black identity, found objects. Alvin C. Hollingsworth proceeds him. He was a New York-based African-American artist and Spiral Group member. In the mid 1970's, Hollingsworth was widely exhibited in such mainstream New York galleries as the Allan Stone Gallery and Terry Dintenfas Gallery was doing what we call today "Street Art". Untitled, circa 1976, exhibits many characteristics that made Basquiat one of the world's most famous and expensive artists, except Hollingsworth did it before Basquiat. It is abstract yet representational. It has an urban-inspired mixed-media approach, and it formed of found materials with graffiti like lettering and non-traditional forms painting that reflect that type found on New York subways in the 70's. Untitled may have been exhibited at the Allan Stone Gallery in 1977. Signed lower left.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, New York
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Mixed Media Oil paint, Metal Mesh, Wood, , Glue, Fiberboard
Condition:	Good. some yellowing varnish - minor seperation of collage elements.
Creation Date:	1976 circaa
Styles / Movements:	Outsider Art, African American, Contemporary
Incollect Reference #:	761645

Dimensions

W.	48 in;	H.	36 in;
W.	121.92 cm;	H.	91.44 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.