Frank Kowing Mixed Media Sculpture "Co-Chair, Hill Ball"
Item Details
A mixed media sculpture titled Co-Chair Hill Ball by American outsider artist Frank Kowing (1944-2016), created in 2007. Sculpture is comprised of a charcoal portrait of a woman merging with the portrait of an expressive rodent. Drawn on paper laid on foam board attached to overlapping branches painted in lavender acrylic pigments. Signed by hand in ink with the artist’s initials and dated to the lower right. An informational label is affixed to the verso. There is a hanging wire affixed to the verso. Accompanied with 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
- minor wear, minor paint loss and dust residues throughout the sculpture; charcoal portrait on paper presents minor rubbing, minor stains and irregular edges.
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Item #
17BAL145-009
