Art + Design Part 1

The upcoming Art + Design Part 1 auction will highlight modern and contemporary artists, from Cleve Gray and Jim Dine to Gertrude Abercrombie and Romare Bearden. Carpets, seating, and lighting from the 1950s to the present can also be found. 

American painter Cleve Gray will feature in this Wright auction. Gray was associated with Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, and Lyrical Abstraction. He often created art that appears to float above the picture plane. Highlighted in this sale is his acrylic painting titled Bright Day, painted in shades of pink, orange, white, and yellow. This work is signed and dated ‘Gray 69.’

Gertrude Abercrombie was also an American painter. Abercrombie was known for her Surrealist artworks featuring owls, moonlit landscapes, and cat motifs. In this auction, her 1958 Snail painting is available. This piece depicts a snail on a pink and blue background with a leaf hung in the center. A landscape screen from Jim Dine, a Romare Bearden lithograph, and a mixed media box by Rosamond Berg can also be found. View the entire collection and register to bid by visiting Wright.