Lot 187
John Heliker (American, 1909-2000). Landscape. Graphite drawing on paper, 1953. Signed with date in lower right. A lovely, minimalist drawing by John Heliker depicting the rocky crags of a canyon-like landscape. His meandering lines vary in subtlety and boldness as they travel across the page, moving from representation to near abstraction and back again with an ease that seems more European than American - a quality for which Heliker was well-known. Faint dashes portray petite patches of grass in areas as light strokes denote a far off horizon and drifting wisps of clouds. Size of drawing: 14.2" W x 4.25" H (36.1 cm x 10.8 cm); of frame: 23" W x 11.25" H (58.4 cm x 28.6 cm)
"Determined to become an artist, Heliker dropped out of high school to copy paintings at the Metropolitan Museum. From 1927 until 1929 he studied with Kimon Nicolaides, Thomas Hart Benton, and Boardman Robinson at the Art Students League. After several years away Heliker returned to New York in the 1930s and in 1947 joined the faculty at Columbia University where he taught until his retirement. Heliker won a Prix de Rome in 1948 and spent the next five summers in Italy. At this time larger strokes and freer designs began replacing the structural, Cezannesque abstractions that occupied him in the 1940s and early 1950s. A painter of landscapes, portraits, and still lifes, Heliker chooses traditional subject matter for his semi-abstract, painterly compositions." -- Virginia M. Mecklenburg Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Museum of American Art, 1987)
Provenance: private Louisville, Colorado, USA collection
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- Condition: Set behind glass with custom matte and frame; has not been examined outside of glass. Slight wrinkling to paper on left side, but imagery is still clear. Some slight marks on matte that do not affect drawing. Gallery paper on verso is slightly loose. Suspension wire on verso for display. Accompanied by 2 John Heliker catalogs.
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