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Donald Baechler — Family Planning #1
Donald Baechler

Family Planning #1

1997

A bold and playful composition by Donald Baechler, *Family Planning #1* combines acrylic paint with fabric collage on canvas to create a textured, layered surface that blurs the boundaries between painting and assemblage. Baechler's signature naive, cartoon-like figures emerge from the work, rendered with a raw, childlike simplicity that belies the sophisticated interplay of materials beneath them. The incorporation of fabric fragments adds a tactile, three-dimensional quality to the piece, inviting viewers to consider the intersection of domesticity, identity, and visual language.

Medium
acrylic and fabric collage on canvas

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

June 30, 2017

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Donald Baechler, Family Planning #1, 1997

A bold and playful composition by Donald Baechler, *Family Planning #1* combines acrylic paint with fabric collage on canvas to create a textured, layered surface that blurs the boundaries between painting and assemblage. Baechler's signature naive, cartoon-like figures emerge from the work, rendered with a raw, childlike simplicity that belies the sophisticated interplay of materials beneath them. The incorporation of fabric fragments adds a tactile, three-dimensional quality to the piece, inviting viewers to consider the intersection of domesticity, identity, and visual language.

Medium
acrylic and fabric collage on canvas
Year
1997
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Family Theme, Bold Colors, Male Artist, Mixed Media, Collage, Contemporary Artist, American Artist, Figurative Art, Late 20th Century, Acrylic Painting, Family Subject Matter, Playful Mood, Neo-Expressionism

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Hamilton Selway Gallery