
Untitled (Chickens)
This whimsical composition depicts three stylized chickens rendered in ink wash and watercolor, their forms animated with energetic, gestural lines. The birds are positioned against a rocky landscape dominated by a dramatic vertical rock formation or cliff face rendered in deep charcoal tones. The artist employs a expressive approach characteristic of mid-twentieth-century American modernism, combining representational subject matter with abstract, gestural mark-making. Warm earth tones and subtle greens create spatial depth, while the loose handling of medium conveys spontaneity and movement. The work exemplifies the playful approach to rural and domestic subjects favored by Provincetown-area painters of this period.
- Medium
- Ink wash and watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Eldred's
🔨 Auction Lot
Provincetown Art Association & Museum Benefit Auction
May 16, 2026
Estimate: $600 – $800
Lot 88
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