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20th Century, Modern & Contemporary Fine Art

Sat, Jun 2, 2018 11:00AM EDT
Lot 6

PAUL REED (1919-2015): TOPEKA

Estimate: $4,000 - $8,000
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Oil on canvas, 1967, signed 'Paul Reed', titled and dated on the stretcher. Approx. 55 x 30 in., 56 x 31 in. Note: Washington, D.C. artist Paul Reed was part of the Washington Color School. Other painters in this group included Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland and Gene Davis. Their subject was color and their trademark was the color staining technique they used in conjunction with their geometric compositions, as we see here. This work is part of a series of shaped canvases Reed made in 1967.