
Frank
2010
A mixed media canvas work by Joe Bradley combining oil stick, spray paint, and paper collage. The composition titled 'Frank' demonstrates Bradley's energetic approach to abstraction blending multiple painting and drawing techniques.
- Medium
- oil stick, spray paint, paper collage and mixed media on canvas
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
February 14, 2020
Estimate: $70,000 to $90,000
Sold: $100,000
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Jean-Michel Basquiat
American · b. 1960

Basquiat combined oil stick, spray paint, and collaged elements on canvas with a raw gestural energy that closely mirrors Bradley's approach in Frank. Both artists merge drawing and painting techniques to create layered abstract compositions with an urgent expressive quality.

Cy Twombly
American · b. 1928

Twombly's use of oil stick and mixed media on canvas to produce gestural mark making and scrawled abstract forms shares a strong kinship with the technique and energy visible in Frank. His loose improvisational approach to combining drawing tools and paint on large surfaces directly parallels Bradley's working method.

Christopher Wool
American · b. 1955

Wool's integration of spray paint with other mixed media techniques on canvas to produce bold abstract compositions reflects the same urban influenced gestural language seen in Frank. Both artists embrace a raw unfinished aesthetic that blurs the boundary between painting, drawing, and collage.

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