Bernard Cohen b. 1933
Untitled (I), 1959
pencil and acrylic on paper
55.5 x 76.4 cm
framed 56.8 x 77.4 cm
framed 56.8 x 77.4 cm
signed and dated (lower right): Bernard Cohen 1959
1987-66
© Bernard Cohen
Photo: Bridgeman images
Although the precision of Cohen’s hard edges, ruled lines and perfect circles aligns his work with sixties Pop Art, this influence is moderated by the freely sketched lines and gestural...
Although the precision of Cohen’s hard edges, ruled lines and perfect circles aligns his work with sixties Pop Art, this influence is moderated by the freely sketched lines and gestural shape placed slightly off centre. In this painting, Cohen contrasts two different forms to suggest a sense of the process of change. The artist has said that through the combination of such shapes he hoped to create an overall image that was new and unique.
Provenance
presented by Mr and Mrs Michael S. Josephs 1987Exhibitions
1992 Jewish Artists at the Slade: Auerbach, Bomberg, Cohen, Gertler (and recent acquisitions), Ben Uri Gallery
2009 Homeless & Hidden 2: World Class Collection Homeless & Hidden, Ben Uri Gallery
2015 No Set Rules: A Century of Selected Works from the Schlee Collection, Southampton, and the Ben Uri Collection, London, Ben Uri Gallery
Literature
Sarah MacDougall ed., No Set Rules: A Century of Selected Works from the Schlee Collection, Southampton, and the Ben Uri Collection, London (London: Ben Uri Gallery, 2015), pp. 40-41;Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in Camden (London: The Public Catalogue Foundation, 2013), p.11;
Walter Schwab and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 34.
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