Frank Kowing Mixed Media Sculpture "Printemps II"

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A mixed media sculpture titled Printemps II by American artist Frank Kowing (1944-2016), created in 2002. This work features an abstract composition rendered with sticks, coat hangers, acrylic paint, and other found objects. Piece is signed, titled, and dated to the verso of a large stick. Label attached to the front also indicates title, date, and dimensions. Work is fitted with a hanging wire to the verso. Accompanied by a descriptive catalog on the artist’s painting series Journey of Healing.

Frank Kowing is an outsider artist based in Maryland with a larger than life reputation, the bulk of his focus being mixed media works, many grand in scale and with three dimensional quality. He has participated in a vast array of group shows and exhibits since his first shows in the 1970s in New York City. His education, after service in Vietnam with the US Army, was extensive and included the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands and several fine art institutions in Pennsylvania

Condition

- dust and debris.

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Item #

17BAL145-030