Donald Baechler - Editions & Works on Paper New York Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Artist Biography

    Donald Baechler

    American • 1956

    Known for his "gee-whiz approach" to painting, in particular folksy renderings of faces and flowers, Donald Baechler became internationally known in the early 1980s at a time when his peers, like Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf and Jean-Michel Basquiat were making the Downtown 500 a legendary New York phenomenon. Baechler, however, painted a different tune. Highly influenced by Cy Twombly and painting pioneer Giotto, Baechler instilled his figurative explorations with at once a seriousness and an absurdity that gets at the deeper aspects of humanity.

    With works in the permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Centre George Pompidou in Paris, and labelled one of the most important painters of his generation, Baechler maintains a market accessible for almost all level of collectors. 

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96

Red Coral

2004
Etching and aquatint in colors, on Hahnemühle paper, with full margins.
I. 44 1/4 x 33 1/2 in. (112.4 x 85.1 cm)
S. 55 x 42 1/2 in. (139.7 x 108 cm)

Signed, dated and numbered 27/34 in pencil (there were also 5 artist's proofs), published by Baron/Boisanté Editions, New York (with their blindstamp), framed.

Estimate
$4,000 - 6,000 

Sold for $8,820

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 15 February 2023