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RICHARD GUBERNICK “NUMBER 140 B,” 1972

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OTTAWA, Ontario, CA

RICHARD GUBERNICK (AMERICAN, 1933�2019) ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, SIGNED AND DATED VERSO AN IMPORTANT GEOMETRIC ABSTRACT COMPOSITION BY RICHARD GUBERNICK, EXECUTED IN 1972. THE WORK FEATURES A CENTRAL RED-ORANGE CHROMATIC GRADIENT WITHIN A SYMMETRICAL GRID OF VIBRANT BLUE AND TEAL SQUARES. 30 X 30 IN AN ORIGINAL ARTIST/GALLERY LABEL ON THE UPPER STRETCHER BAR IDENTIFIES THE…

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OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada

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RICHARD GUBERNICK (AMERICAN, 1933�2019)
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, SIGNED AND DATED VERSO
AN IMPORTANT GEOMETRIC ABSTRACT COMPOSITION BY RICHARD GUBERNICK, EXECUTED IN 1972. THE WORK FEATURES A CENTRAL RED-ORANGE CHROMATIC GRADIENT WITHIN A SYMMETRICAL GRID OF VIBRANT BLUE AND TEAL SQUARES.
30 X 30 IN
AN ORIGINAL ARTIST/GALLERY LABEL ON THE UPPER STRETCHER BAR IDENTIFIES THE WORK AS “NUMBER 140 B” BY RICHARD GUBERNICK, DATED 1972.
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MINIMALIST WOODEN SLAT FRAME.
RICHARD GUBERNICK WAS A BUFFALO-BASED ARTIST WHO ACHIEVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR HIS METICULOUSLY CRAFTED GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTIONS AND PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS. HIS WORK IS CHARACTERIZED BY A SOPHISTICATED EXPLORATION OF COLOR AND SPATIAL ILLUSION, OFTEN UTILIZING SYSTEMATIC GRIDS AND HAND-CUT TEMPLATES TO CREATE “COMPLEX VISUAL STRUCTURES”. A DEDICATED EDUCATOR AS WELL AS A CREATOR, GUBERNICK�S LEGACY IS PRESERVED IN NUMEROUS PERMANENT COLLECTIONS, INCLUDING THE ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY AND THE BURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTER.