Michael Loew - Blue Form #2 - Capsule Auctions

December 7, 2023

Twentieth Century Art +

Lot 29

Michael Loew

American (1907-1985)

Blue Form #2 (1961)

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

20 x 24 inches

Signature

signed lower right

Literature

The American Federation of Arts, New York, Maine - 50 Artists of the 20th Century, 1964-66

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

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Frame Information: frame dimensions: 21 x 25 x 2 1/4 inches wood frame
Provenance: From a Private Collection, by descent from the artist's estate
Acme Fine Art and Design, Boston, MA
Condition: overall in very good condition with the exception of minor stress cracks and staining mostly along extreme edges, minor flaking along bottom extreme edge

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The Estate of Michael Loew

Michael Loew’s abstract expressionist work, marked by experimentation with color and geometry, has earned him a stellar reputation on the New York art scene and beyond. A member of the Spiral Group, the artist was heavily involved in activism, particularly causes related to artist’s rights. In the 1930s, Loew created a series of murals for the WPA, collaborating at one point with friend and fellow artist Willem De Kooning on a mural for the New York World Fair. The artist taught for a time at the University of California at Berkeley and has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. His work is held in the collections of The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and many other important institutions.