JACK ROTH
ROPE DANCER SERIES
COPYRIGHT
© IMAGE RAGO/ WRIGHT AUCTIONS
JACK ROTH, AMERICAN, 1927-2004
INSPIRED BY MAN RAY’S 1916 PAINTING, “THE ROPE DANCER ACCOMPANIES HERSELF WITH HER SHADOWS” (IN THE COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART), JACK ROTH DEVELOPED HIS ROPE DANCER SERIES (1980), TRANSLATING THE EARLIER WORK’S LAYERED ABSTRACTION AND EVOCATION OF A TIGHTROPE PERFORMER’S SHIFTING SHADOWS INTO A LANGUAGE OF VIBRANT COLOR AND POISED, SIMPLIFIED FORM. JACK ROTH (1927–2004), A NEW YORK–BASED ABSTRACT PAINTER WHOSE PRACTICE BRIDGED COLOR FIELD PAINTING WITH A LYRICAL, GESTURAL SENSIBILITY, IMBUED THE SERIES WITH A DYNAMIC SENSE OF MOVEMENT AND BALANCE. JACK ROTH WAS REPRESENTED BY THE KNOEDLER GALLERY IN NEW YORK CITY.
VALLARINO FINE ART IS PLEASED TO PRESENT A SELECTION OF PAINTINGS FROM THIS CELEBRATED SERIES, OFFERED DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST’S ESTATE.
ROPE DANCER, 1980
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SIGNED & DATED ‘80 AT LOWER LEFT
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ROPE DANCER - 4, 1980
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SIGNED, TITLED & DATED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
KNOEDLER GALLERY, NEW YORK (LABEL VERSO)
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
ROPE DANCER, 1980
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49 × 30 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
ROPE DANCER SERIES, 1980
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90 × 28 1⁄2 INCHES
SIGNED & DATED VERSO
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
ROPE DANCER #37, 1980
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17 1⁄2 × 38 INCHES
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
THE RICH PERFUME OF FORGETFULNESS, 1980
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67 X 81 INCHES
67 X 26 INCHES EACH SIGNED & DATED LOWER CENTER PANEL
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
ROPE DANCER - PHANT - 6, 1980
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18 × 38 INCHES
20 × 40 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
ROPE DANCER SERIES
1980
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PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
ROPE DANCER SERIES
1980
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PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
ROPE DANCER SERIES
1980
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10 × 18 INCHES
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
