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Ida Kohlmeyer (American,

LOT 160

Boogie Woogie with Apologies to Mondrian #1

, 1980

943 Individually painted Styrofoam pieces mounted on gessoed canvas
69.5"

Signed and dated Kohlmeyer 1980 in pencil,lower right

$50,000 - $70,000
SOLD: $60,000

Provenance:  Private Collection,Tucson,Arizona acquired directly from artist at her exhibition at the William Sawyer Gallery,San Francisco,California in fall of 1980.This painting is the first of a series of works that Ida Kohlmeyer created in the early 1980’s.  The series is a witty homage to Piet Mondrian’s famous Broadway Boogie Woogie (1942-43) painting where he chose grid lines to mimic the percussive style and rhythms of jazz music. Prior to 1976 Kohlmeyer’s work had been expressive,abstract and non-representational excepting the realistic women of 1971/72.  She began to use the grid system in her Clusters,Circus and Synthesis series,all which inspired the Boogie Woogie series.Boogie Woogie with Apologies to Mondrian #1 began this series where Kohlmeyer repurposed humble packing peanuts by painting them to individualize each element.  She then proceeded to arrange them in vertical and horizontal grids with painting beneath the Styrofoam elements thus diminishing their individuality.  It was stated to be her most original,innovative and technically accomplished work to date.  The work becomes an abstract painting with its own distinct vocabulary of hieroglyphics,shapes and signs and a language all its own.

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