NORMAN LEWIS (1909 - 1979) Untitled (Circle Composition).

NORMAN LEWIS (1909 - 1979)
Untitled (Circle Composition).

Oil on wove paper, 1964. 660x1016 mm; 26x40 inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right.

Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, New York.

This circular shape floating in an atmospheric field is a striking abstract composition by Norman Lewis. The beautiful minimalism of this halo-like form makes this work on paper exceptional. A similar, smaller 1964 composition was included in the traveling museum retrospective, Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis.

This paper has the printed Inkweed Arts illustrations on the verso - found on many Lewis works on paper from the 1960s. Fine p. 115.