Description: OUTSTANDING VINTAGE MODERN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST TRIPTYCH OIL PAINTING ON PAPER BY NOTED MODERNIST PAINTER MARK WALD. (CIRCA 1984). THIS WORK IS TITLED RAIN. COMPRISED OF THREE BEAUTIFUL MIXED-MEDIA ABSTRACT COMPOSITIONS UNDER A MAPLE AND PLEXIGLASS FRAME. COMMISSIONED BY THE ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CORPORATION, AKA ARCO, ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST OIL COMPANIES IN THE WORLD. THE ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CORPORATE ART COLLECTION CONSISTED OF A BODY OF 15,000 ARTWORKS TO BE HOUSED IN THEIR CORPORATE OFFICES AROUND THE COUNTRY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE REVERED AUSTRIAN ARTIST- ARCHITECT HERBERT BAYER. (Austrian-American 1900-1985). HERBERT BAYER WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY’S CORPORATE ART COLLECTION UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1985. EVENTUALLY, IN 1999 ARCO SOLD THE COMPANY TO BO AMOCO FOR 26.5 BILLION. THIS PAINTING WAS HOUSED AT THE ARCO HEADQUARTERS IN LOS ANGELES, CALIF. IT IS SIGNED AND DATED 1984. THE PROVENANCE IS ATTACHED TO THE VERSO. EXCELLENT OVERALL CONDITION. DIMENSIONS: 40”W x 25”H
Price: 1800 USD
Location: Pasadena, California
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Artist: Mark Wald
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Mark Wald
Size: Large
Item Length: 40 in
Region of Origin: California, USA
Framing: Framed
Year of Production: 1984
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 25 in
Style: Abstract, Expressionism, Modernism
Features: Triptych
Culture: Modernism
Handmade: Yes
Item Width: 40 in
Time Period Produced: 1980-1989
Signed: Yes
Period: Contemporary (1970 - 2020)
Title: Water
Material: Matte Paper
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes
Subject: Modern Abstract
Type: Painting
COA Issued By: Atlantic Richfield Corporation
Theme: Modern Art
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
