James Brown
James Brown was an American painter born in Los Angeles, California in 1951.
Born: 1951, Los Angeles, California
Died: 2020, Mexico
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Recognition
Rising to fame in the 1980s East Village art scene, Brown was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist. He has been exhibited in institutions like Centre de Pompidou, MoMA, Art Institute of Chicago.
Intent
If every vertical form suggests a human presence, Brown experiments with the personality and assertion of the abstract form.
Composition
The length of an adult, this vertical form stands boldly on an airy atmosphere of dots.
Ceres Take
Its grand size and prominence set this work apart from others. Brown has strong six figure auction records.
PARENT TECHNIQUE
Etching
Etching is a form of printmaking that involves creating designs on a copper plate, using an acid-resistant material like wax or resin. The artist scratches through this material to expose the metal underneath. The plate is then submerged in an acid bath, which bites into the exposed areas, creating grooves....
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COMPLEMENTARY WORKS
Untitled I
Joan Mitchell
$18,800
Salt Note Suite
James Brown
$10,500
Diptych VII
James Brown
$26,000
Diptych VIII
James Brown
$26,000
Diptych V
James Brown
$26,000
Diptych II
James Brown
$26,000
Single XIII
James Brown
$16,000
