Robert Herrmann 1956 Oil Painting on Canvas "Warehouse"

Item Details

Robert Herrmann (American; 1922-1996)
Warehouse, 1956
Oil painting on canvas
Signed, titled, and dated to verso
34’ W x 38’ H

An oil painting on canvas titled Warehouse by Cincinnati artist Robert Herrmann (American, 1922-1996), executed in 1956. This work features a truncated view from inside a warehouse with stocked shelves to the right and large windows looking out to geometric industrial buildings. The work exhibits the artist’s signature style with hard-edge simplified shapes and flat planes of vibrant colors. The composition is signed, titled, and dated to the verso. It remains unframed. Included are two exhibition catalogs from Cincinnati Art Galleries, LLC., copyrighted 2002 and 2004.

Robert Herrmann acquired his formal artistic and architectural training at the University of Cincinnati, University of Wisconsin, Ohio State University, University of Iowa, and Columbia University. While professionally trained, he chose to never exhibit his work publicly, making his first solo exhibit posthumous. He is known for his precisionist style and his paintings of architectural landscapes.

Condition

- craquelure present throughout composition; some dirt and accretion spots scattered throughout composition, especially present in upper right and left corners; small spots of paint loss and chipping scattered throughout, especially visible along edges; faint stretch marks present near edges of painting; some visible rippling throughout canvas from loose stretching.

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Item #

18DCC307-037