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Sheafer + King Modern is pleased to present our January Modern Art + Design auction. The auction features a large collection of Derriere le Miroir art publications including hundreds of high quality lithographs by Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Alexander Calder, Georges Braque, and many others. Also featured are Modern sculptures by the Zhou brothers, Joseph Burlini, Andre Beaudin, and Richard Arfden, paintings by Martin Friedman, James Bruch, Reiko and Sakagami Baum as well as modern furniture including Knoll, Verellen, Kartell, etc.
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Lot 21

Philip R. Perkins Oil on Board Painting

Estimate: $300 - $500
Starting Bid
$150

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Oil on board painting of a horse, jockey, and woman by Philip R. Perkins (American; 1914-1968). Signed upper center.

 

Measurements: 20.25" W x 20.25" H x 1.5" D (frame); 14" W x 14" H.

 

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From AskArt:

Born in a small town in Illinois, Philip R. Perkins became a painter widely acknowledged for his post-war style painting.  He used flattened planes and black outlines to form landscapes and figures very much in the style of Paris artist Bernard Buffet.

Perkins studied at the Chicago Art Institute from 1926 to 1931.  In 1932 he moved to Paris, France and studied with Jean Marchaud and Louis Marcoussis until 1934.  He continued his studies from 1934 to 1937 with Fernard Leger.  In 1934 he exhibited his work at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Tuilleries in Paris, France.



Philip R. Perkins left Paris in 1940 and moved to New York City where he shared a studio with Surrealist artist Yves Tanguy until 1945.  He had solo Exhibitions at the Marquie Gallery, New York in 1944, 1946 and 1947.  In the later part of 1947 Perkins moved back to Paris, France and participated in the International Surrealist Exhibition, at the Galerie Maeght.



In 1951 Philip R. Perkins moved back to New York City and held an exhibition at the Samuel Kootz Gallery.  He was then represented in Chicago and Florida after that exhibition by the well-known Oehlschlaeger Galleries from the early 1950,s thru 1960's.

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