Abstract Expressionist Geometric Crayon Drawing-Robert Kulicke-1950s-Framed

Description: This is a 9 7/8 by 6 7/8 inch(sight size) Abstract Expressionist/ geometric crayon drawing on paper. It was done by New York artist Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007) in the late 1950s. It is in excellent condition. It is in a silver-toned frame measuring 15 1/2 by 12 1/2 inches. It is signed "RMK" or stamped by the estate "RMK." Robert Kulicke (1924-2007) Born in Philadelphia in 1924, Robert Kulicke studied fine art at the Tyler School of Art. After serving in the army in World War 2 he moved to Paris and was a student at the atelier of Ferdinand Leger whose large-scale approach to painting discouraged Kulicke. He moved back to New York around 1953 and began painting again, mostly small and sensitive still-life and geometric abstracts. His friends most notably included the Abstract Expressionists Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell and Helen Frankenthaler. Around 1951 Adolph Gottlieb invented his “imaginary landscapes” with opposing forces and in 1954 introduced his “burst” paintings, which depicted arch-typical symbolism. Kulicke probably knew Gottlieb or his work and was either influenced by him or independently produced, around the same time, his own version of these imaginary landscapes and burst paintings & drawings which contained orbs, shapes, arcs, rectangles and curves. One might best observe his symbolism in the same manner Gottlieb and Kulicke likely produced these artworks, that is instinctively with no verbal intention, narrative, or analysis. Kulicke was inspired around 1957 by the smaller scale still-life bottle paintings of the Bolognese, Italian artist Giorgio Morandi. Already a master frame maker, Kulicke increasingly evolved into painting his signature small-scale compositions with an emphasis on bolder color and more meticulous design. However, before he settled into doing his most known oeuvre: intimate, small still-lives of fruit, flowers, pottery, currency and landscapes, Kulicke created “reductive” Abstract Expressionist works and geometric abstracts such as the one here offered. They are diminutive opposites of the mostly large-scale 1950s artwork of Gottlieb. As with most of his work, they are evocations of simple beauty, instinct and emotion. For most of the 1950s, before becoming what he called an "Intimist," Kulicke was an Abstract Expressionist artist. Abstract & similar works by Kulicke have sold at auction for $600 to $1,200 with his abstract Ikon series having sold at auction for up to $2,600. Kulicke died of pneumonia in Valley Cottage, New York in 2004. See the photos. Please excuse any reflections that may appear in a few photos. This painting will be shipped for $28 via UPS.

Price: 675 USD

Location: Westfield, New Jersey

End Time: 2025-01-21T18:36:38.000Z

Shipping Cost: 28 USD