TERENCE LA NOUE "HOMAGE A' KLEE & DUBUFFET" 1968

Fresh from a fine old estate comes this great avant gard / modernist mixed media artwork by Terence La Noue, signed and dated 1968. This is a rather early work from La Noue, which don't come up often. The title is "Homage A' Klee & Dubuffet" I believe, as that is written under the work and next to his signature. However, this work has writing all the way around it. Translated to the best of my ability:

-White House aides & cabinet members are shuffling back and forth and to and from Texas, as the old year fades into the new, and out of their conferences with the President. (and then written a few times around the work >) -Homage a' Klee, Homage a' Dubuffet, a' Rouault, all of which could be my mentors-

Piece measures 24" by 18" in wood aluminum clad frame. Work goes up to the edge. The inner image with writing is roughly 12" tall by 8" wide. Painted paper on painted paper and medium is perhaps watercolor, acrylic, pencil and ink. Some rippling to the painted blue paper (pictured) but is original and piece is without damage. A couple small scratches to the glass. (I apologize for the glass sun glare in several shots). This is a very nice and seldom seen earlier work from this artist. Here is his bio from another website:

Terence La Noue was born in Hammond, Indiana in 1941. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1964. After going to Berlin as a Fulbright Meister Student at Hochscule fur Bildende Kunste in 1964-65 he went on to receive a Master of Fine Arts degree from Cornell University. In addition to the Fulbright Foundation fellowship, La Noue has twice received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. He has had extensive teaching experience at Trinity College 1967-72, the City University of New York 1972-85 and at New York University in 1987. He lives between Arizona, Paris, France and Vermont. Terence La Noue, who has created powerful, compelling paintings for the last four decades, is considered one of the outstanding talents of 20th century American abstract art. Layering canvas, fabric, gauze, acrylic paint and cast elements forming a lively melding of many different materials, symbols and colors to create tapestry-like paintings, he conjures up colorfully rich abstractions that reveal a sense of myth, magic and mystery. His extensive world travels serve as inspiration for works that are abstract mixtures of Western and non-Western traditions and histories. India, South America, Morocco, Mexico and Nepal have been favorite destinations. He showed at Andre Emmerich Gallery in New York. Terence La Noue’s unique approach to painting and printmaking has achieved worldwide recognition. Beginning in Berlin in 1965 he has had over a hundred and thirty acclaimed solo exhibitions in London, Paris, Tehran, Stockholm, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Cologne, New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Palm Beach, Dallas, Atlanta, Tucson and Scottsdale. His work is represented in the permanent collections of major museums including The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery, the Guggenheim Museum, the Tate Modern in London and others in Japan, Singapore, France and Australia including the Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan, the Power Institute of Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia, and the Musee d'Art et Archeologie, Paris, France. His work is also included in numerous university and city art museums throughout the US as well as major corporate collections. Terence la Noue worked extensively at Tyler Graphics from 1987 to 1993 and is represented in the National Gallery’s Kenneth Tyler Collection by a large body of work made in 1987 and 1991. He was born in Indiana in 1941 and trained at the Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware and the Hochschule für Bildende Kunst in Berlin. La Noue’s work is characterized by an intensive layering process, which was well accommodated by the Tyler workshop. The artist found that through collaboration with Ken Tyler and workshop staff he could achieve the heavily textured effects of his paintings in print. The works draw upon themes and symbols from la Noue’s wide travels, recalling African masks, Mexican weaving, and motifs from India, Nepal and Central America. "Kenneth Tyler: The Art of Collaboration" sponsored by the Sam Francis Foundation, offers an intimate view into Tyler's visionary partnerships with Josef Albers, Helen Frankenthaler, David Hockney, Terence La Noue, Roy Lichtenstein, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, John Newman, Steven Sorman, Frank Stella and John Walker. Terence La Noue’s exhibitions have attracted the attention of some of the most significant writers and critics of the time. An extensive monograph entitled Terence La Noue by the renowned critic and art historian Dore Ashton relates his travels, influences and life’s work. He currently lives and works in Arizona, Vermont and Paris. Terence La Noue, who has created powerful, compelling paintings for the last four decades, is considered one of the outstanding talents of 20th century American abstract art. Layering canvas, fabric, acrylic paint and cast elements to create tapestry-like paintings, he conjures up colorfully rich abstractions that reveal a sense of myth, magic and mystery. Elaborate cast reliefs of layers of acrylic paint, formed in sculpture molds and then merged with canvases.Inspired by his many travels around the world, including Africa, Morocco, India, Nepal, Mexico and Central America, La Noue references past and present cultures, melding the abstract traditions of the past with Western ideals. Through the complex use of color, line and texture, La Noue creates abstracted meditations about his travels, philosophies and observations about life that imply universalities, connecting with the viewer on a primordial level. Terence La Noue’s exhibitions have been reviewed by some of the most significant critics of our time. An extensive monograph entitled Terence La Noue by the renowned critic and art historian Dore Ashton relates his travels, influences and life’s work. Selected Solo Exhibitions Colton & Farb Gallery – Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, Texas Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon, United States Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United State Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Bentley Projects, Phoenix, Arizona, United States Vanier Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, California, United States David Beitzel Gallery, New York, New York, United States Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C., United States Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, United States Jaffe Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida, United States Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, New York, United States Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, United States Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, New York, United States Galerie Charchut & Werth, Dusseldorf, Germany Galerie Keeser-Bohbot, Hamburg, Germany Heland Wetterling Galleries, Stockholm, Sweden Galerie Springer, Berlin, Cologne Artfair, Cologne, Germany Zand Gallery, Teheran, Iran Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, New York, United States Fellowships and Honors 1983-84 National Endowment for the Arts, United States 1982-83 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Grant, New York, New York 1973 New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Grant, New York 1972-73 National Endowment for the Arts, United States 1964-65 Fulbright Meister Student, Berlin, Germany. Selected Public Collections Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, United States Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, United States Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York, United States Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, United States Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, United States Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., United States Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, United States National Gallery of Australia, Sidney, Australia Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts United States Embassy, Beijing, China


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