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Adolph Gottlieb, “Untitled”. 1973. Monotype in oil on paper. 26x18"
“The search for variations, however, is really the search for the best proof of the original idea, and when I find it, there is the evidence.” — Adolph Gottlieb
This is the last week to see “A Painter’s Hand: The Monotypes of Adolph Gottlieb,” on view now at the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia. The exhibition will finish its national five-venue tour when it closes on April 29th.
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On November 3rd, the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia will be holding a symposium held in conjunction with the exhibition “Dealer’s Choice: The Samuel Kootz Gallery”.
Speakers will include Sanford Hirsch, Executive Director of the Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation, who will be speaking about the relationship between Adolph Gottlieb and Sam Kootz.
For more information and a complete list of speakers, click here.
Shown here: A reproduction of the invitation to the exhibition, “Adolph Gottlieb: An Exhibition of Recent Paintings” at Kootz Gallery in 1954.
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In a 1963 letter to Martin Friedman, Samuel Kootz discusses Adolph Gottlieb’s painting “Frozen Sounds,” (1951) which was exhibited at Kootz Gallery in 1952. The work is now on view as part of the exhibition “Dealer’s Choice: The Samuel Kootz Gallery 1945-1966” at the Fralin Museum of Art in Virginia.
From the letter:
“When Gottlieb made the first picture that was his exit from the pictograph–the painting called ‘Frozen Sounds’– I purchased the picture for my own collection (and made a gift of it to the Whitney Museum several years ago.) I was so impressed with 'Frozen Sounds’ that I gave it back to Gottlieb, and suggested to him that he build an entire show around this theme. Out of it came the Imaginary Landscapes, one of the best shows that Gottlieb has ever done, and out of which came his present 'Blast’ paintings. In these, you immediately see Gottlieb’s new feeling for color and his freedom in the use of it, thus at last bearing out my feeling that it was inevitable."
"Frozen Sounds”
1951
Oil on canvas
36 x 48"
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