“Each of my paintings is the result of a painstaking, analytical, and loving translation and transformation of that visual material into paint. I love the way the camera freezes a particular moment, capturing a kind of found surrealism that is the essence of contemporary life.”
—Tom Blackwell
- Provenance
  Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York
  John McEnroe, New York
  Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York
  Bob and Michelle Cohen
  Louis K. And Susan P. Meisel, New York
  Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York
  Acquired from the above by the present owner
- Exhibited
  Purchase, Neuberger Museum of Art, Facing Reality: Contemporary Realism from the Seavest Collection, September 14, 2003–February 14, 2004
  Roslyn Harbor, Nassau County Museum of Art, New York, New York, July 22–November 5, 2017
- Literature
  Louis K. Meisel, Photorealism Since 1980, New York, 1993, pl. 219, pp. 84–85 (illustrated)
  Richard Segal, Monica Segal, DeDe Young and Jared Pruzan, Contemporary Realism: The Seavest Collection, Portland, 2007, p. 38 (illustrated)
  Linda Chase, Tom Blackwell: The Complete Paintings, 1970–2014, New York, 2016, pl. 75, pp. 44, 124 (illustrated, p. 124)

Tom Blackwell

Herald Square

signed and titled ""HERALD SQUARE" Tom Blackwell" on the reverse
oil on canvas
60 1/2 x 84 3/8 in. (153.7 x 214.3 cm)
Painted in 1983.

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000

Sold for $44,450

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New York Auction 17 July 2024