Donald Baechler - Editions & Works on Paper New York Tuesday, April 16, 2024 | Phillips

Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 16 - 17 April

  • Literature

    Ars Publicata, Donald Baechler, 2003.03

  • 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. 

    View More Works

297

Donald Baechler

Szechuan Garden

2003
Etching and aquatint in colors, on Hahnemühle paper, with full margins.
I. 17 7/8 x 25 3/4 in. (45.4 x 65.4 cm)
S. 27 x 33 7/8 in. (68.6 x 86 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered 21/30 in pencil (there were also 5 artist's proofs), published by Baron/Boisanté Editions, New York, unframed.

Estimate
$1,500 - 2,500 

Contact Specialist

editions@phillips.com
212-940-1220

Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 16 - 17 April