Lot 3439 - A201 PostWar & Contemporary - jeudi, 30. juin 2022, 17h00
THEODOROS STAMOS
(New York City 1922–1997 Ioannina)
Infinity Field, Lefkada Series. 1980.
Acrylic on canvas.
Titled, dated, signed and with the measurements on the overlap: INFINITY FIELD LEFKADA SERIES 1980 STAMOS 50 × 60 inch.
152 × 127 cm.
Provenance:
- Turske Fine Art, Zurich (verso with the label).
- Galerie M. Knoedler, Zurich (verso with the label).
- Purchased from the above by the present owner, since then private collection Switzerland.
The American artist Theodoros Stamos who was of Greek parentage, was the youngest of the first generation of Abstract Expressionists. His deep Hellenic sensibilities, his strong identification with ancient myths and the classical philosophy of ancient Greece as well as his affinity with nature had a lasting influence on his expressive colour field painting, which is characterised by large-scale homogeneously filled areas of colour.
Stamos developed a multifaceted formal language in his œuvre, which culminated in his mature work of the 1980s. In his very early works, the artist visualised his love of the sea and the underwater world with biomorphic forms. Around 1954 he began to work predominantly in series, which became increasingly dominated by expanses of colour. His "Sun Boxes" of the 1960s, with sharp-edged geometric basic structures and balanced, striking colour inserts evoke the brightness of Attic light and the serenity of the Greek coast.
With their undefined forms and dynamic lines, his "Infinity Fields" of the Lefkada Series seem less austere. The Greek island of Lefkada, where Stamos spent a large part of his time from 1970 onwards, is an elementary source of inspiration for the naming and choice of colour of the present works.
- Turske Fine Art, Zurich (verso with the label).
- Galerie M. Knoedler, Zurich (verso with the label).
- Purchased from the above by the present owner, since then private collection Switzerland.
The American artist Theodoros Stamos who was of Greek parentage, was the youngest of the first generation of Abstract Expressionists. His deep Hellenic sensibilities, his strong identification with ancient myths and the classical philosophy of ancient Greece as well as his affinity with nature had a lasting influence on his expressive colour field painting, which is characterised by large-scale homogeneously filled areas of colour.
Stamos developed a multifaceted formal language in his œuvre, which culminated in his mature work of the 1980s. In his very early works, the artist visualised his love of the sea and the underwater world with biomorphic forms. Around 1954 he began to work predominantly in series, which became increasingly dominated by expanses of colour. His "Sun Boxes" of the 1960s, with sharp-edged geometric basic structures and balanced, striking colour inserts evoke the brightness of Attic light and the serenity of the Greek coast.
With their undefined forms and dynamic lines, his "Infinity Fields" of the Lefkada Series seem less austere. The Greek island of Lefkada, where Stamos spent a large part of his time from 1970 onwards, is an elementary source of inspiration for the naming and choice of colour of the present works.
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