(Untitled abstraction)

 

John M. Saccaro

  1913 - 1981 (biography)

1958  

ink and watercolor on graph paper, mounted to canvas panel 

4 1/16 x 6 1/2" image and paper size 

ink signed on verso; faint, older signature in image, likely painted over 

1 of 1 unique 

ink annotated "Drawing" on verso; David Carlson gallery label on verso includes date, contact information, and exhibition information: "Untitled w/color on paper /John Saccaro / Provenance: the Estate of John Sccaro" 

 

Morilla canvas-wrapped cardboard panel 

 

 

25157 

$300.00 

By the late 1950s John Saccaro was an established Bay Area Abstract Expressionist with work included in major exhibitions throughout the U.S., including a solo show at the M.H. de Young in San Francisco (1946), biennials at the Corcoran in Washington D.C. and in Sao Paolo, and the Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting at the Carnegie Museum of Art (1955). He had developed a style he referred to as "sensory raids," defined by slashing, gestural linework, often executed in muted colors. These images, as seen here, may have been inspired by his time as a camoufleur during World War II.