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Lot no. 3432
THEODOROS STAMOS (New York 1922–1997 Ioannina/Greece) Infinity Field, Lefkada Series. 1980. Acrylic on canvas. Signed, dated and titled on the overlap on the reverse: STAMOS 1980 INFINITY FIELD/LEFKADA. 180 × 152 cm. Provenance: - Galerie M. Knoedler, Zurich. - Purchased from the above by the present owner, since then private collection Switzerland. The Greek-born Theodoros Stamos was the youngest of the first generation of Abstract Expressionists and, with his oeuvre of paintings, was one of the group of Colour Field Painters around Mark Rothko, who are characterised by the broad expanses and reduced and contemplative use of colour. This is in full contrast to the Action Painters around Jackson Pollock. Stamos, probably also because he outlived most of his fellow painters, developed a multi-facetted formal language in the course of his life’s work, which culminated in his mature work of the 1980s. While the composition of his “Sun-Boxes” in the 1960s was still quite strict, in his later series of the “Infinity Fields” his work became freer. He limited himself to 3 or a maximum of 4 colours, used fine but dynamic lines, and dispensed with defined forms. The colours, arranged harmoniously, some flowing into one another, but some also clearly delineated, are characteristic of his paintings. He did not surrender himself to the Romanticism of his friend Mark Rothko, but allowed himself to be guided by his intuition, with regard both to form and colour. THEODOROS STAMOS (New York 1922–1997 Ioannina/Griechenland) Infinity Field, Lefkada Series. 1980. Acryl auf Leinwand. Verso auf der Überlappung signiert, betitelt und datiert: STAMOS 1980 INFINITY FIELD/LEFKADA SERIES. 180 × 152 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie M. Knoedler, Zürich. - Bei obiger Galerie vom heutigen Besitzer erworben, seitdem Privatsammlung Schweiz. Der griechisch-stämmige Theodoros Stamos ist der Jüngste der ersten Generation der Abstrakten Expressionisten und gehört mit seinem malerischen Oeuvre zu den sogenannten Color-Field-Malern um Mark Rothko, die sich durch den flächenhaften, reduzierten und kontemplativen Einsatz von Farbe auszeichnen. Die Action-Painter um Jackson Pollock stehen dem gegenüber. Stamos, wohl auch weil er die meisten seiner Malerkollegen überlebt, entwickelt in seinem Lebenswerk eine facettenreiche Formensprache, die in seinem reifen Werk der 1980er kulminiert. Während die Komposition seiner "Sun-Boxes" in den 1960er Jahren noch recht streng ist, wird er in den späteren Serien der "Infinity Fields" freier. Er beschränkt sich auf 3 bis maximal 4 Farben, nutzt feine, aber dynamisch eingesetzte Linien und verzichtet auf definierte Formen. Die harmonisch aufeinander abgestimmten Farben, teils in einander fliessend, teils aber auch klar begrenzt, gehören zu den Charakteristika seiner Gemälde. Er gibt sich nicht dem Romantizismus seines Freundes Mark Rothko hin, sondern lässt sich durch seine Intuition sowohl hinsichtlich der Form als auch der Farbe leiten.
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8031 Zürich - Switzerland
12/05/2020
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