Catalogues
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It is without question that all three Avery’s are outstanding colorists. Their collective uniqueness has consisted of vivid and fauvist colors, hues that one can’t put an actual name to, simple shapes, flattened surfaces and abstracted figures all painted in a technique of washy thinned out paint surfaces known as “The Avery Style”.
Due to a two month delay caused by the congestion in New York Harbor our 200 page annual catalogue is finally in the mail to our clientele. This has been an extremely frustrating experience and completely out of our hands. However…..we have kept moving forward with our continuous buying addictions and present you with our “Recent Acquisitions” video accompanied by a 35 page digital catalogue.
Barbara Johnson Zuber Was A Black American Painter Who Grew Up During The Harlem Renaissance Living At The Famous Dunbar Garden Apartments Built By John D. Rockefeller Where Many Notable Black Artists, Musicians, Actors And Important Civil Rights Leaders Lived. Zuber’s Art Developed In Three Distinct Experiences In Her Life. The First Is From The Time She Grew Up In Harlem Being Exposed And Interacting With The Leading Figures In The Arts, Business, Sports And Politics.
STRANGE TIMES INDEED….is an understatement in trying to comprehend the current art market let alone our own lives over the past twenty months! One would think every market would have collapsed but instead the stock market has soared, and the art market has gone through the roof. I have never seen anything like the current frenzy to acquire art that has occurred during the pandemic….and it continues to soar in a variety of surprising ways and sectors of the market.
VFA’s annual catalogue is our signature statement that no other gallery comes close to producing. It shows our vast inventories along with our taste and vision revealing itself. We will continue production of our short films regarding what we do, how we do it and will focus on the wonderful works of art we possess. Once again, our goal is to produce something uniquely our own showing how art has been part of our lifestyle over the past fifty years and how our taste is ever evolving as our curiosity continues to drive us to places unknown.
They say good things come in small packages….so we are dedicating our video and accompanying catalogue to “Small Gems.” Our collection of twenty-four “Small Gems” are all highly aesthetic intimate passages into the private worlds of each artist. However small, each has an intuitive flow of sophistication.
John Stephan's work mark the culmination of an unwavering, lifelong commitment to art and makes an indisputably significant contribution to American painting of the twentieth century.
In Our April “Recent Acquisitions” Video We Discuss Two Works ……The First By Walasse Ting Whose 1960’S Drip Paintings Are Extremely Scarce And An Early 1965 Canvas//Collage Titled “Detour” By The Celebrated African American Artist Frank Wimberley.
Our catalogue is titled “20 Women” showcasing a variety of women artists who originated from the pre & post-war periods. They emerged from a few select movements including the American Abstract Artist Group of modernists, the Abstract Expressionists and the group of Color Field painters that followed. These artists have also been overlooked and undervalued compared with their male counterparts. In the past the challenges they faced due to gender has created huge barriers in education, training and representation.
In our March “Recent Acquisitions” catalogue we discuss two works….one by Janice Biala whose work is extremely rare and was one of the original women from the 1950’s Abstract Expressionist movement and an atmospheric “Color Field” canvas by Paul Jenkins.
Our catalogue focuses on American Black artists that we’ve been dealing in for the past two decades. Their work has always fascinated us as their undertone evokes a voice unheard in an uninhibited style free from class. African American art in the 20th century encompasses diverse subjects in a variety of genres, from representational to modern abstraction constantly reflecting the American experience through their eyes.
After being in the arts for the past 50 years it’s a strange happening to stumble upon an artist that you’ve never heard of….especially one whose work stands out among his contemporaries who were some of the most influential artists of the period. We welcome artist, Achillo Sullo
In January this year we began our “Recent Acquisitions” series of videos, each accompanied by a digital catalogue. We will continue creating these videos and catalogues every month in order to keep you abreast of our continued buying addiction!
Our catalogue focuses on a select group of our “Recent Acquisitions” and the obsession we have in regard to purchasing art. In the past year we have purchased 195 works of art and 65 since the first of October. We own everything we sell and purchase something almost every day. The process of our buying habits consists of numerous points but first and foremost is quality.
Our catalogue honors twenty-five women artists for who they were and respect each of their contributions to the history of art, applauding their individual voices that continue to reveal the inner visions that will inspire us forever.
What’s Next…..Who Knows?? Is a very fitting subtitle for our annual catalogue. What has happened in the past four-five months seems unimaginable, then again, it could be a blessing in disguise, a kind of wake-up call for all of us. Our global treatment of humanity, our planet’s environment, economic collapse, civil rights and politics have caused a boiling point in our society and then add the Covid-19 Pandemic to top things off and there you have “What’s Next…..Who Knows? One thing I know is art and the art market has literally been around forever and has weathered centuries of wars, economic crashes and many other global disasters and will continue to prevail perhaps in new ways to which it will need to reinvent itself. I believe a correction is taking place as has happened in every market throughout history when strained by historic events.
Vallarino Fine Art takes great pride in publishing our annual catalogue. These catalogues are a great resource for our clients to view pieces that have been curated into the gallery. We normally feature artists like James Brooks, Elizabeth Catlett, Vivian Springford, Norman Bluhm, Karel Appel, and many more New York School Post-War artists. Please click the image of the catalogue cover to open a link to the catalogue. it can be downloaded from there.
Another year of hard work and acquisitions at Vallarino Fine Art has resulted in another beautiful catalogue. We take pride in presenting work to you that has been curated into our gallery from all over the world. Please click the image to the left to launch the digital preview in your browser. It can be downloaded as well.
In conjunction with the move into our new townhouse on E 49th street, we have released a recent acquisitions catalogue entitled, Abstract Addictions: Endless Curiosity. Our 165 page catalogue features works by: Gene Davis, Robert Motherwell, Milton Avery, Ilya Bolotowsky, Norman Bluhm, George Rickey, James Brooks, Elizabeth Catlett, Thomas Downing, Helen Frankenthaler, Friedel Dzubas, Hans Hofmann, Ray Parker, Theodoros Stamos and many others. Published 2017, 164 pages, soft cover with over 130 color illustrations.
"As you will see in the following pages we continue to pursue acquisitions from the post-war period of Abstract American art with great passion. As times change, we continue to keep reinventing ourselves and our growth in both knowledge as well as our desire to learn is paramount in keeping us current," -Vincent Vallarino, from our new recent acquisitions catalogue entitled, Abstract Addictions: Don't Think Twice It's Alright. The 175 page catalogue features works by: Sam Francis, Harry Bertoia, Alexander Calder, Robert Motherwell, Alex Katz, Elizabeth Catlett, Friedel Dzubas, Giorgio Cavallon, Perle Fine, George Vranesh, Fred Troller, Thomas Downing and many others. Published 2016, 175 pages, soft cover with over 135 color illustrations.
In conjunction with the move into our new light-filled gallery at 113 East 60th Street, we have released a recent acquisition catalogue entitled, Abstract Addictions: Inventing a Reinvention. Our 180 page recent acquisitions catalogue features works by: Harry Bertoia, Richard Pousette-Dart, Norman Bluhm, Hans Burkhardt, Perle Fine, George Rickey, Elaine de Kooning, Charles Howard, James Brooks, Elizabeth Catlett, Thomas Downing, Helen Frankenthaler, Michael Goldberg, Friedel Dzubas, Hans Hofmann, Ray Parker, Theodoros Stamos and many others. Published 2015, 180 pages, soft cover with over 130 color illustrations.
During the past year we have been dedicated to analyzing and purchasing contemporary artworks that we perceive serve as a link between the past and present, but more importantly, we believe will be significant enough to influence future generations of artists to come. VFA Contemporary has invested in a select group of artists we feel are those who remain historically relevant yet innovative and original in their own right. Our collection seeks to represent those who are consummate craftsmen following an intuitive flow in an uninterrupted manner, all taking the necessary steps that will enable their work to have a place in the future, not just a trend of the present. Published: October 2015
Our 136 page recent acquisitions catalogue features works by: Charles Henry Alston, Karel Appel, Harry Bertoia, Norman Bluhm, Mel Bochner, James Brooks, Alexander Calder, Elizabeth Catlett, Thomas Downing, Helen Frankenthaler, Michael Goldberg, Hans Hofmann, Perle Fine, Ibram Lassaw, Robert Motherwell, Ray Parker, Theodoros Stamos and many others. Published 2014, 136 pages, soft cover with over 100 color illustrations
Sam Feinstein was an incredibly talented and
significant painter, though a private one. He exhibited primarily in New York, Philidelphia, Toronto and Provincetown in the 1930s-50s before he withdrew from the commercial art world, choosing instead to teach and paint privately for the remainder of his life. He even turned down the legendary Hans Hofmann when Hofmann approached Sam about taking over the teaching of his classes. In 1952, Hofmann wrote, “Mr. Feinstein is a highly gifted and versatile artist with a pronounced standing of his own...and with a deep understanding of the plastic problems in painting.” Published 2014, 40 pages, softcover with 21 color illustrations
Our recent acquisitions catalogue features works by: Charles Henry Alston, Karel Appel, Norman Bluhm, Ernest Briggs, James Brooks, Elizabeth Catlett, Giorgio Cavallon, Michael Goldberg, John Grillo, Norman Kanter, Franz Kline, Ray Parker, Irving Penn, Milton Resnick, Jack Roth, Charles Green Shaw, Wolfgang Wols and many others. Published 2013, 128 pages, soft cover with over 100 color illustrations.
Norman Kanter was an abstractionist of unusual strength who worked from his Tribeca loft for over fifty years. His gestural works from the 1950s and early 60s personify the exuberance and beauty of the Abstract Expressionist movement. Graduating from Berkeley in 1956 Kanter maintained his West Coast ties over the years returning often to teach and exhibit. The Kanter estate is co-represented by McCormick Gallery and Vincent Vallarino Fine Art in New York. Published 2013, 48 pages, soft cover with 35 color illustrations
Our recent acquisitions catalogue features works by: Mary Abbott, Norman Bluhm, James Brooks, Alexander Calder, Lynne Mapp Drexler, Friedel Dzubas, Michael Goldberg, Grace Hartigan, John Little, Michael Loew, Robert Natkin, Melville Price, Jack Roth and many others. It also features images of the Millbrook studio and a refreshing introduction by Vincent Vallarino. Published 2013, 104 pages, soft cover with 77 color illustrations
JAMES DENMARK WAS RAISED IN A FAMILY OF SOUTHERN ARTISTS IN SEGREGATED WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA DURING THE 1930’S AND 40’S. HE WAS A SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST FROM AN EARLY AGE AS HIS ENTIRE FAMILY WERE ARTISTS IN SOME FASHION. HIS GRANDMOTHER WAS AN ADEPT QUILTER AND WIRE SCULPTOR, HIS GRANDFATHER WAS A NOTED BRICKLAYER WHO INCORPORATED UNIQUE DESIGNS WITH HIS WORK AND HIS MOTHER HAD AN ASTUTE AESTHETIC FOR DETAIL IN INTERIOR DESIGN.