Untitled - Woodcut in Beige and Black 1989

Year1989

Hand SignedLower Right in Pencil 

Condition Excellent 

Not FramedRolled in Tube 

Purchased fromAuction House 2018 

Story / Additional InfoJoel Shapiro's angular, geometric sculptures reference the human body in various positions and forms. Joel Shapiro's work bridges the gap between abstract and figurative in a keenly post-minimalist manner. In his prints, Shapiro often uses the same formal vocabulary to suggest a human presence, but generally is more concerned with the creation of spatial relationships as he is in this particular print. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

LID153779

Joel Shapiro - United States

Art Brokerage: Joel Shapiro American Artist: b. 1941 He is an American sculptor renowned for his work composed of simple rectangular shapes. His early work is characterized by some by its small size, but Shapiro has discounted this perception, describing his early works as, all about scale and the small size was an aspect of their scale. He described scale as a very active thing that is changing and altering as time unfolds, consciously or unconsciously, and, "a relationship of size and an experience. You can have something small that has big scale. In these works he said that he was trying "to describe an emotional state, my own longing or desire. He also said that during this early period in his career he was interested in the strategies of artists Robert Morris, Richard Serra, Carl Andre, and Donald Judd. Listings wanted.