Brooklyn Tavern
61 cms x 76.2 cms (24 ins x 30 ins)
Signed and dated 1973 and on verso titled
made in 1973
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "Spring 2009 Live auction" held on Wed, Jun 17, 2009.
Lot 053
Lot 053
Estimate: CAD $12,000 - $16,000
Realised: CAD $26,325
Realised: CAD $26,325
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, BC
Private Collection, Stamford, Connecticut
Private Collection, Vancouver
Literature:
Kathleen Snow, Maxwell Bates: Biography of an Artist, 1993, page 73
Notes:
In 1949, Maxwell Bates went to New York to study at the Brooklyn Museum Art School under Max Beckmann and Abraham Rattner. As an architect, he was fascinated by the buildings of New York and, according to Kathleen Snow, "found time to paint and sketch the New York scene, prowling the streets." This work from 1973 was likely produced, while he was living in Victoria, from drawings and sketches executed in 1949. Bates's dramatic use of colour has often been attributed to his admiration for the German Expressionists and his studies under Beckmann; these, along with exhibitions he had seen in London prior to World War II, were all influential to his developing style. Throughout his artistic development, Bates's unique use of colour and his strong black outlines characterized his emphatic and candid approach. Bates stated that he was fascinated by cities with considerable history, and New York clearly made a lasting impression on him. Brooklyn Tavern is a lively work that contrasts the older tavern with a modern advertising billboard, and, true to Bates's great affinity for humanity, includes neighbourhood characters such as the man with his cart.
Private Collection, BC
Private Collection, Stamford, Connecticut
Private Collection, Vancouver
Literature:
Kathleen Snow, Maxwell Bates: Biography of an Artist, 1993, page 73
Notes:
In 1949, Maxwell Bates went to New York to study at the Brooklyn Museum Art School under Max Beckmann and Abraham Rattner. As an architect, he was fascinated by the buildings of New York and, according to Kathleen Snow, "found time to paint and sketch the New York scene, prowling the streets." This work from 1973 was likely produced, while he was living in Victoria, from drawings and sketches executed in 1949. Bates's dramatic use of colour has often been attributed to his admiration for the German Expressionists and his studies under Beckmann; these, along with exhibitions he had seen in London prior to World War II, were all influential to his developing style. Throughout his artistic development, Bates's unique use of colour and his strong black outlines characterized his emphatic and candid approach. Bates stated that he was fascinated by cities with considerable history, and New York clearly made a lasting impression on him. Brooklyn Tavern is a lively work that contrasts the older tavern with a modern advertising billboard, and, true to Bates's great affinity for humanity, includes neighbourhood characters such as the man with his cart.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.