Gestural Language

April 4 - May 31, 2024

Pia Fries, Jacqueline Humphries, Janis Provisor, Laurie Reid, Amy Sillman, Pat Steir, Patricia Treib, Mary Weatherford and Charline von Heyl

Crown Point Press presents Gestural Language, an exhibition that brings together a group of artists who have pursued 20th century abstract painting using a variety of individualized visual languages. Characterized by gestural brush strokes or painterly mark making, the works of these artists make a case for the continued relevance of an almost one-hundred-year-old genre as a vital tradition of creation.

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Sepia Rainclouds
Pat Steir, Sepia Rainclouds, 1991
Aquatint reversal.
9¾ x 12½"; 25 x 19". 25.
Crown Point Press and Brian Shure.
$2,000 fair market value    Proof AvailableProof Available
Untitled (sienna)
Jacqueline Humphries, Untitled (sienna), 2023
Color soap ground and spit bite aquatints with aquatint.
20 x 22"; 26½ x 28". 15.
Crown Point Press and $6,000    InquireInquire
😺
Jacqueline Humphries, 😺, 2016
Color sugar lift, spit bite, and soap ground aquatints with aquatint on gampi paper chine colle.
20 x 22"; 28 x 29". 20.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$4,500    InquireInquire
The Bather
Mary Weatherford, The Bather, 2018
Spit bite aquatint on gampi paper chine collé.
28 x 22"; 35¼ x 28½". 25.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$4,000    InquireInquire
The Walls of Dis
Mary Weatherford, The Walls of Dis, 2018
Color spit bite aquatint on gampi paper chine collé.
28 x 22"; 35¼ x 28½". 25.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$4,000    InquireInquire
Evening
Pat Steir, Evening, 1993
Color soap ground reversal with aquatint and spit bite aquatint.
44¼ x 22½"; 54 x 29¾". 25.
Crown Point Press and Daria Sywulak.
$9,500    InquireInquire
4 Rivers
Pat Steir, 4 Rivers, 1992
Color soap ground aquatint with drypoint.
22¼ x 31¼"; 30½ x 38½". 25.
Crown Point Press and Renée Bott.
$7,000    InquireInquire
Memory
Pat Steir, Memory, 2000
Color spit bite and soap ground aquatints.
25¾ x 39¾"; 35½ x 48¾". 25.
Crown Point Press and Daria Sywulak.
$6,000    InquireInquire
Hinterland
Janis Provisor, Hinterland, 1991
Color spit bite, sugar lift and soap ground aquatints with hard ground etching and drypoint.
31 x 26¾"; 44 x 37¾". 15.
Crown Point Press and Daria Sywulak.
$3,500    InquireInquire
Star Throw
Janis Provisor, Star Throw, 1991
Color sugar lift aquatint with hard ground etching and drypoint on gampi paper chine collé.
12¾ x 9"; 20¾ x 16½". 15.
Crown Point Press and Daria Sywulak.
$1,200 fair market value    Unavailable
Rake
Pia Fries, Rake, 2007
Color soap ground and spit bite aquatints with photogravure and roulette.
34½ x 25½"; 34½ x 25½". 25.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$4,000 fair market value    Unavailable
Falc
Pia Fries, Falc, 2007
Color soap ground and spit bite aquatints with photogravure and roulette.
34½ x 25½"; 34½ x 25½". 25.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$4,000 fair market value    Unavailable
Nightpack (Gothic)
Charline von Heyl, Nightpack (Gothic), 2014
Color sugar lift and spit bite aquatints with soft ground etching and drypoint on gampi paper chine collé.
44¾ x 35¾"; 52¾ x 42¾". 10.
Crown Point Press and Fanny Restek.
$8,500    InquireInquire
Nightpack (Red, Yellow, Blue)
Charline von Heyl, Nightpack (Red, Yellow, Blue), 2014
Color sugar lift and spit bite aquatints with soft ground etching and drypoint on gampi paper chine collé.
44¾ x 35¾"; 52¾ x 42¾". 10.
Crown Point Press and Fanny Restek.
$8,500    InquireInquire
N & V
Amy Sillman, N & V, 2007
Color soft ground etching with soap ground and spit bite aquatints.
26 x 20"; 35 x 28". 20.
Crown Point Press and Catherine Brooks.
$5,500 fair market value    Unavailable
Pendulum
Patricia Treib, Pendulum, 2018
Color sugar lift, soap ground and spit bite aquatints.
15 x 11¼"; 20¾ x 16½". 25.
Crown Point Press and Courtney Sennish.
$2,800 fair market value    Proof AvailableProof Available
Cuff
Patricia Treib, Cuff, 2018
Color sugar lift and soap ground aquatints with aquatint.
15 x 11¼"; 20¾ x 16½". 25.
Crown Point Press and Courtney Sennish.
$2,800    InquireInquire
Day Light/Night Light II
Laurie Reid, Day Light/Night Light II, 2000
Set of two color spit bite aquatints on gampi paper chine collé with soap ground aquatint.
9 x 10"; 17½ x 18". 10.
Crown Point Press and Rachel Fuller.
$3,000    InquireInquire

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