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Kimber Smith, Untitled Abstract Expressionist Painting on Paper, ca. 1979

Name: Kimber Smith, Untitled Abstract Expressionist Painting on Paper, ca. 1979
Brand: Kimber Smith
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Kimber Smith

Untitled Abstract Expressionist Painting on Paper, ca. 1979

Acrylic on Paper

26 × 20 in

66 × 50.8 cm

This is a beautiful, unique signed acrylic work on paper by renowned Abstract Expressionist painter Kimber Smith. This work was acquired from the Estate of Dr. Alan York of East Hampton. Dr. York (who died in 2014) became good friends with Kimber Smith and many of the Ab Ex artists who frequented and lived in the Hamptons in the 1950s through the 1980s. In fact, one of the obituaries on Dr. York notes that he was also de Kooning's longtime optometrist and close personal friend. In a tribute to Dr. York, the East Hampton star writes, "He counted among his patients the artist Willem de Kooning, with whom he spent hours discussing the old masters while watching him paint. Understanding how de Kooning painted helped him make glasses suitable for both his close-up and faraway work..."
This work is unframed and in very good condition. Uncommon.

Signature: Signed boldly on the front in ink

Provenance: Estate of Dr. Alan York of East Hampton, New York