Jack Freeman Colorful Expressionist Abstracted Figure in Wax Crayon, 1980 1980

Description

This 1980 wax crayon on paper figure is by San Francisco painter Jack Freeman (1938-2014). Freeman studied at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, landscape and figure drawing with Oskar Kokoschka's School of Vision in Austria, and received his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in the late 1960s. Freeman's style varied between Abstract Expressionism, the Bay Area Figurative Movement, and plein air landscape painting.
Initialed and dated lower left.
Unframed.

Condition:
Alterations: Unknown
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: Good
Minor vintage wear.

Creator:
Artist: Jack Freeman

Materials & Techniques:
Crayon, Paper

Details:
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used
Art Subjects: Figure
Frame Type: Unframed

Condition

Unknown; Some Imperfections; Good
Minor vintage wear.

Buyer's Premium

20%

Dimensions

23 x 18.75 x 0.07 in

Jack Freeman Colorful Expressionist Abstracted Figure in Wax Crayon, 1980 1980

Lot 0285

Estimate $360-$680

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