Degrees of Abstraction

November 2, 2017 - January 13, 2018
Reception: Thursday, November 2, 5-8pm

Tomma Abts, Anne Appleby, Richard Diebenkorn, Leonardo Drew, Mary Heilmann, Al Held, Jacqueline Humphries, Bertrand Lavier, Sol LeWitt, Alyson Shotz, Amy Sillman, Pat Steir, Richard Tuttle, Charline von Heyl, and John Zurier.

Crown Point Press announces the group exhibition Degrees of Abstraction. It presents fifteen artists who explore the visual language of abstraction and features six new color etchings by New York artist Mary Heilmann.

“Looking at abstract art is like doing non-verbal philosophy, symbolic logic or non-number mathematics,” Heilmann has said. “It is like music, because it has a narrative without a story, without people: a drama without words.” The exhibition investigates threads that tie together a group of abstract artists. It connects now stalwarts such as Mary Heilmann and Pat Steir with a younger generation that includes Tomma Abts and John Zurier. On view November 2 to January 13, Degrees of Abstraction demonstrates the enduring vitality of non-representational art for over four decades. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, November 2, 5-8pm.

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No Passing
Mary Heilmann, No Passing, 2017
Color aquatint.
10 x 12"; 16 x 17". 30.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$3,000    InquireInquire
Red Reverse
Mary Heilmann, Red Reverse, 2017
Color sugar lift and spit bite aquatints with aquatint on gampi paper chine collé.
6 x 6"; 10½ x 10". 30.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$2,000    InquireInquire
Rain Reverse
Mary Heilmann, Rain Reverse, 2017
Color sugar lift and spit bite aquatints with aquatint on gampi paper chine collé.
10 x 12"; 16 x 17". 30.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$3,500    InquireInquire
New Lineup
Mary Heilmann, New Lineup, 2017
Color sugar lift aquatint with spit bite aquatint and aquatint on gampi paper chine collé.
12 x 10"; 18 x 15". 30.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$3,500    InquireInquire
Yellow Lineup
Mary Heilmann, Yellow Lineup, 2017
Color sugar lift aquatint with spit bite aquatint and aquatint on gampi paper chine collé.
12 x 10"; 18 x 15". 30.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$3,500    InquireInquire
Lineup 2
Mary Heilmann, Lineup 2, 2017
Color sugar lift spit bite aquatint on gampi paper chine collé.
12 x 10"; 18 x 15". 30.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$3,000    InquireInquire
Echo
John Zurier, Echo, 2016
Color spit bite and sugar lift aquatints on gampi paper chine collé.
15 x 9½"; 22 x 15½". 15.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$3,000    InquireInquire
Passage
Mary Heilmann, Passage, 2006
Color aquatint with spit bite and sugar lift aquatints and drypoint.
30 x 22"; 40 x 30½". 15.
Crown Point Press and Catherine Brooks.
$5,000    InquireInquire
Sequent IIa
Alyson Shotz, Sequent IIa, 2013
Color aquatint with collagraph embossing.
25¾ x 25¾"; 30¼ x 29¾". 10.
Crown Point Press and Ianne Kjorlie.
$4,500    InquireInquire
Sequent IIb
Alyson Shotz, Sequent IIb, 2013
Color aquatint with collagraph embossing.
25¾ x 25¾"; 30¼ x 29¾". 10.
Crown Point Press and Ianne Kjorlie.
$4,500    InquireInquire
The Space Between the Two
Al Held, The Space Between the Two, 1992
Color spit bite aquatint.
32½ x 28¾"; 49½ x 41". 50.
Crown Point Press and Daria Sywulak.
$10,000 fair market value    Proof AvailableProof Available
Horizontal Bands (More or Less) Red/Green
Sol LeWitt, Horizontal Bands (More or Less) Red/Green, 2002
Color sugar lift aquatint with aquatint.
30 x 30"; 38 x 38". 20.
Crown Point Press and Case Hudson.
$8,000    InquireInquire
Untitled Modern Painting 3
Bertrand Lavier, Untitled Modern Painting 3, 1987
Color aquatint with soft ground etching.
43 x 34"; 52¼ x 40½". 25.
Crown Point Press and Mark Callen.
$6,500    InquireInquire
CPP2
Leonardo Drew, CPP2, 2015
Flat bite toner transfer with hard ground etching and aquatint.
48 x 36"; 56 x 42". 10.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$7,000    InquireInquire
Alphabet: Grisaille
Pat Steir, Alphabet: Grisaille, 2007
Color spit bite aquatint with aquatint.
23½ x 44½"; 32½ x 52½". 20.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$10,500    InquireInquire
: : : (red)
Jacqueline Humphries, : : : (red), 2016
Color sugar lift and soap ground aquatints.
36 x 34"; 45 x 42". 25.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$7,500    InquireInquire
Nightpack
Charline von Heyl, Nightpack, 2014
Color sugar lift aquatint with soft ground etching and drypoint.
44¾ x 35¾"; 52¾ x 42¾". 10.
Crown Point Press and Fanny Retsek.
$8,500    InquireInquire
S & E
Amy Sillman, S & E, 2007
Color sugar lift and spit bite aquatints with soft ground etching.
26 x 20"; 35 x 28". 20.
Crown Point Press and Catherine Brooks.
$5,500    InquireInquire
Softground Y
Richard Diebenkorn, Softground Y, 1982
Soft ground etching with drypoint.
18 x 24"; 40 x 26½". 35.
Crown Point Press and Lilah Toland.
$7,000 fair market value    Unavailable
Quaking Aspen
Anne Appleby, Quaking Aspen, 2012
Color aquatint with burnishing.
18 x 18"; 30¼ x 29¼". 20.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$4,000    InquireInquire
Mandevilla 5
Richard Tuttle, Mandevilla 5, 1998
Color aquatint.
18 x 18"; 22 x 22". 40.
Crown Point Press and Dena Schuckit.
$6,000    InquireInquire
Mandevilla 3
Richard Tuttle, Mandevilla 3, 1998
Color aquatint.
19¾ x 17¾"; 24 x 22". 40.
Crown Point Press and Dena Schuckit.
$6,000    InquireInquire
Untitled (gap)
Tomma Abts, Untitled (gap), 2015
Color aquatint with spit bite aquatint and hard ground etching.
22¼ x 16¾"; 29¼ x 22¾". 20.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$6,000    InquireInquire

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