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Peter Blume

By: Frank Anderson Trapp - Published By: Rizzoli - Copyright: 1987 - Dimensions: 10 3/4" X 10" - Hardcover With Dust Jacket

PETER BLUME "DRAWING FOR FROM THE METAMORPHOSES" CHARCOAL & CONTE ON PAPER

Peter Blume (1906 - 1992) "Drawing For From The Metamorphoses" Charcoal & Conte on Paper. Noted for his surrealist- tinged figuration called 'magic realism', Peter Blume remained outside any clearly defined current of American art, and throughout his sixty year career rarely veered from the quirky narrative style he developed in his twenties. During the 1930s and 1940s the popularity of Blume's dreamlike paintings, filled with obsessive detail, made him one of America's best-known artists. Two of his major works are the powerful antifascist Eternal City (1934-37) held by the Museum of Modern Art, and The Rock (1945-48), at the Art Institute, Chicago. Artist: Peter Blume Title: Drawing For From The Medium: Charcoal & Conte on Paper Circa/Year: 1978 Signature Type: Hand Signed Signature Location: Lower Right Site Measurement: 6.5 x 10 in. Sheet Keywords: Mid-Century, Mid Century, Modern, Art, contemporary, surreal; Ref: BD1695

Peter Blume (1906-1992): Timor: Two Images; and Untitled

Three ink on paper, 1954 and 1961, one signed 'P. Blume', titled and dated lower right, one unsigned, one signed 'Peter Blume' and dated lower left. 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (sheet), 9 x 12 in. (frame), 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (sheet), 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (frame), 8 1/4 x 11 in. (sheet), 11 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (frame).

Peter Blume (1906-1992): Leaf Studies

Pencil on paper, 1939, signed 'Peter Blume' and dated lower right. 13 3/4 x 17 in. (sheet), 18 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (frame).

Peter Blume 1956 drawing Theater of Marcellus Remodeled

Blume, Peter (American, 1906-1992), Theater of Marcellus Remodeled, 1956, pen and ink drawing on hand made paper, 8.5 x 11 inches, signed and dated lower left, framed measuring 16.5 x 18 inches. Provenance: The Estate of Frank A. Trapp; Concept Art Gallery Auction Nov. 5, 2005, lot #21; The Estate of Charles H. Booth Jr.

Peter Blume, Callao Peru

Peter Blume Callao Peru 1954 ink on paper 8.75 h × 16.125 w in (22 × 41 cm) Signed, titled and dated to lower right 'Callao Peru P. Blume 1954'. Provenance: Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia condition: Work is in good overall condition. Sheet is lightly toned and buckling in frame most notably at upper edge. Faint stains to all four corners likely due to acidic hinges. Pinpoints of foxing throughout. Image presents well. Measurements are of sight. Framed behind glass measuring 22 x 14 inches.

Peter Blume (American, 1906-1992), , Autumn

Peter Blume (American, 1906-1992) Autumn Signed and dated 1984 bottom right, signed again, dated, titled and copyrighted verso, oil on canvas. 45 1/4 x 50 in. (114.9 x 127cm) provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania. note: Upon his death at the age of eighty-six, Peter Blume was hailed as a 'painter of dreamlike narratives' whose 'obsessively detailed images made him one of this country's best-known painters in the 1930s and 40s' by The New York Times. An ardent admirer of Renaissance technique, Blume's highly detailed paintings have been described as combinations of various art movements, including Surrealism, Cubism, Precisionism, and Purism, the latter being associated with a style of painting which emphasizes contours and simple shapes. This amalgamation of styles in Blume's work has sometimes been labeled as magic realism, in which familiar objects are rendered in meticulous detail-sometimes heavily shadowed, as with the harvested vegetables in the foreground of the present work-and placed in surreal or fantasized spatial relationships. In many of Blume's figurative works, objects have been visibly altered in scale. Even before fully developing his quirky, iconic style, Blume was somewhat of a prodigy, studying with famed American realist painters Isaac Soyer and Raphael Soyer, patronized by the Rockefeller family, and exhibiting with the art dealer Charles Daniel by the age of nineteen. Blume's painting South of Scranton won first prize at the Carnegie International Exhibition, Pittsburgh, while two of Blume's best known paintings are in major public collections: Eternal City, originally shown at the Julian Levy Galleries, New York, and now in the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, and The Rock, in the Art Institute of Chicago.

Peter Blume (American, 1906–1992), , Autumn

Peter Blume (American, 1906–1992) Autumn Signed and dated 'PETER BLUME/1984' bottom right; also signed, dated, titled, and copyrighted verso, oil on canvas 45 1/4 x 50 in. (114.9 x 127cm) provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania. NOTE: Upon his death at the age of eighty-six, Peter Blume was hailed as a "painter of dreamlike narratives" whose "obsessively detailed images made him one of this country's best-known painters in the 1930s and 40s" by The New York Times. An ardent admirer of Renaissance technique, Blume's highly detailed paintings have been described as combinations of various art movements, including Surrealism, Cubism, Precisionism, and Purism, the latter being associated with a style of painting which emphasizes contours and simple shapes. This amalgamation of styles in Blume's work has sometimes been labeled as magic realism, in which familiar objects are rendered in meticulous detail-sometimes heavily shadowed, as with the harvested vegetables in the foreground of the present work-and placed in surreal or fantasized spatial relationships. In many of Blume's figurative works, objects have been visibly altered in scale. Even before fully developing his quirky, iconic style, Blume was somewhat of a prodigy, studying with famed American realist painters Isaac Soyer and Raphael Soyer, patronized by the Rockefeller family, and exhibiting with the art dealer Charles Daniel by the age of nineteen. Blume's painting South of Scranton won first prize at the Carnegie International Exhibition, Pittsburgh, while two of Blume's best known paintings are in major public collections: Eternal City, originally shown at the Julian Levy Galleries, New York, and now in the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, and The Rock, in the Art Institute of Chicago.

Peter Blume American, 1906-1992 Paddies, 1954-56

Peter Blume American, 1906-1992 Paddies, 1954-56 Signed Peter Blume and dated 1954-56 (ll) Oil on Masonite laid to stretcher 18 x 24 inches (45.72 x 60.96 cm) Provenance: Durlacher Brothers, New York Acquired from the above, 1956, private collection, New York Thence by descent to the present owner Exhibited: Peter Blume, Nov. 30 - Dec. 24, 1954, Durlacher Brothers, New York, listed as no. 7 C 

Peter Blume (American, 1906-1992) Edge of Ravine, 1938

Peter Blume (American, 1906-1992) Edge of Ravine, 1938 charcoal on paper signed and dated (lower right) 14 3/4 x 12 inches.

Peter Blume, (American, 1906-1992), Edge of Ravine, 1938

Peter Blume (American, 1906-1992) Edge of Ravine, 1938 charcoal on paper signed and dated (lower right) 14 3/4 x 12 inches.

PETER BLUME (1906-1992) - Paddies

PETER BLUME (1906-1992) Paddies signed and dated 'Peter Blume 1954-56' (lower left) oil on masonite 17 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (45.1 x 60.3 cm.) Painted in 1954-56.

PETER BLUME (AMERICAN, 1906-2006) WINTER (STUDY), 1964 CHARCOAL AND MIXED MEDIA

Peter Blume (American, 1906-2006) Winter (study), 1964 Charcoal and mixed media on canvas 48 x 60 inches (121.9 x 152.4 cm) Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed on the reverse: Winter Peter Blume 1964 PROVENANCE: Jonathan Boos, New York. HID04901242017

Peter Blume [1906-1992] American artist

[ART] Peter Blume [1906-1992] American artist. Blume, born in Smarhon, Russia (present-day Belarus], in a Jewish family, emigrated with his family to New York City in in 1912; the family settled in Brooklyn. He studied art at the Educational Alliance, the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, and the Art Students League of New York, establishing his own studio by 1926. He trained with Raphael Soyer and Isaac Soyer, exhibited with Charles Daniel, and was patronized by the Rockefeller family. An admirer of Renaissance technique, Blume worked by drawing and making compositional cartoons before putting his work on canvas. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1932 and spent a year in Italy. His first major recognition came in 1934 with a first prize for South of Scranton at a Carnegie Institute International Exhibition. The painting was inspired by a trip across Pennsylvania in an old car that required frequent repair. Eternal City [1934-1937] was politically charged, portraying Benito Mussolini as a jack-in-the-box emerging from the Coliseum; as a one-man, one-painting exhibition, it excited considerable attention from critics and audiences. Signed soft-cover catalog of his paintings & drawings, publ. 1964, 26pp, plus many more pages of illustrations. About 7.5 x 10. Signed inside on flyleaf - bold signature.

Peter Blume [1906-1992] American artist

[ART] Peter Blume [1906-1992] American artist. Blume, born in Smarhon, Russia (present-day Belarus], in a Jewish family, emigrated with his family to New York City in in 1912; the family settled in Brooklyn. He studied art at the Educational Alliance, the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, and the Art Students League of New York, establishing his own studio by 1926. He trained with Raphael Soyer and Isaac Soyer, exhibited with Charles Daniel, and was patronized by the Rockefeller family. An admirer of Renaissance technique, Blume worked by drawing and making compositional cartoons before putting his work on canvas. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1932 and spent a year in Italy. His first major recognition came in 1934 with a first prize for South of Scranton at a Carnegie Institute International Exhibition. The painting was inspired by a trip across Pennsylvania in an old car that required frequent repair. Eternal City [1934-1937] was politically charged, portraying Benito Mussolini as a jack-in-the-box emerging from the Coliseum; as a one-man, one-painting exhibition, it excited considerable attention from critics and audiences. Signed soft-cover catalog of his paintings & drawings, publ. 1964, 26pp, plus many more pages of illustrations. About 7.5 x 10. Signed inside on flyleaf - bold signature.

Peter Blume [1906-1992] American artist

[ART] Peter Blume [1906-1992] American artist. Blume, born in Smarhon, Russia (present-day Belarus], in a Jewish family, emigrated with his family to New York City in in 1912; the family settled in Brooklyn. He studied art at the Educational Alliance, the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, and the Art Students League of New York, establishing his own studio by 1926. He trained with Raphael Soyer and Isaac Soyer, exhibited with Charles Daniel, and was patronized by the Rockefeller family. An admirer of Renaissance technique, Blume worked by drawing and making compositional cartoons before putting his work on canvas. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1932 and spent a year in Italy. His first major recognition came in 1934 with a first prize for South of Scranton at a Carnegie Institute International Exhibition. The painting was inspired by a trip across Pennsylvania in an old car that required frequent repair. Eternal City [1934-1937] was politically charged, portraying Benito Mussolini as a jack-in-the-box emerging from the Coliseum; as a one-man, one-painting exhibition, it excited considerable attention from critics and audiences. Signed soft-cover catalog of his paintings & drawings, publ. 1964, 26pp, plus many more pages of illustrations. About 7.5 x 10. Signed inside on flyleaf - bold signature.

Peter Blume [1906-1992] American artist

[ART] Peter Blume [1906-1992] American artist. Blume, born in Smarhon, Russia (present-day Belarus], in a Jewish family, emigrated with his family to New York City in in 1912; the family settled in Brooklyn. He studied art at the Educational Alliance, the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, and the Art Students League of New York, establishing his own studio by 1926. He trained with Raphael Soyer and Isaac Soyer, exhibited with Charles Daniel, and was patronized by the Rockefeller family. An admirer of Renaissance technique, Blume worked by drawing and making compositional cartoons before putting his work on canvas. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1932 and spent a year in Italy. His first major recognition came in 1934 with a first prize for South of Scranton at a Carnegie Institute International Exhibition. The painting was inspired by a trip across Pennsylvania in an old car that required frequent repair. Eternal City [1934-1937] was politically charged, portraying Benito Mussolini as a jack-in-the-box emerging from the Coliseum; as a one-man, one-painting exhibition, it excited considerable attention from critics and audiences. Signed soft-cover catalog of his paintings & drawings, publ. 1964, 26pp, plus many more pages of illustrations. About 7.5 x 10. Signed inside on flyleaf - bold signature.

PETER BLUME (AMERICAN, 1906-2006) WINTER (STUDY), 1964 CHARCOAL AND MIXED MEDIA

Peter Blume (American, 1906-2006) Winter (study), 1964 Charcoal and mixed media on canvas 48 x 60 inches (121.9 x 152.4 cm) Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed on the reverse: Winter Peter Blume 1964 PROVENANCE: Jonathan Boos, New York. HID04901242017

ATTRIBUTED TO PETER BLUME (RUSSIAN / AMERICAN 1906-1992). "Tree in the Desert". Surrealist influenced landscape. oil on canvas, signed lower right, embossed marks for the U.S. Art Canvas Co, New York, circa 1940s. in a handmade frame from found timber with slip. Provenance: Private Collection, London (May be subject to Artist's Resale Rights)

ATTRIBUTED TO PETER BLUME (RUSSIAN / AMERICAN 1906-1992). "Tree in the Desert". Surrealist influenced landscape. oil on canvas, signed lower right, embossed marks for the U.S. Art Canvas Co, New York, circa 1940s. in a handmade frame from found timber with slip. Provenance: Private Collection, London (May be subject to Artist's Resale Rights)

PETER BLUME (AMERICAN, 1906-2006) WINTER (STUDY), 1964 CHARCOAL AND MIXED MEDIA

Peter Blume (American, 1906-2006) Winter (study), 1964 Charcoal and mixed media on canvas 48 x 60 inches (121.9 x 152.4 cm) Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed on the reverse: Winter Peter Blume 1964 PROVENANCE: Jonathan Boos, New York. HID04901242017

Peter Blume, Japan Mountain Landscape, Ink Drawing

Artist: Peter Blume, Russian/American (1906 - 1992) Title: Japan Mountain Landscape Year: 1954 Medium: Ink on Paper, signed l.r. Size: 4.6 x 6.5 in. (11.68 x 16.51 cm) Frame Size: 11.4 x 13.5 inches

Peter Blume "Autumn" Serigraph, Pencil Signed

Peter Blume (American, 1906-1992), "Autumn"-1988, serigraph on paper, pencil signed and dated lower right margin, titled in pencil lower center margin, limited edition noted lower left margin "17/99". Work depicting a man in blue shirt and pant raking fallen leaves with a woman wearing pink skirt and top in their year marked with changing leaves (orange, red, purple and green), interior view with wooden planked table with basket overflowing with white rutabagas. Framed approximately 37.75" x 40". Sight size approximately 25.25" x 27.75". Provenance: From the Private Collection of Benno & Babette Rothschild, Columbus, Georgia

Peter Blume (American 1906 - 1992)

13" x 20" paperTree Study, 1964. Brush with black ink and white chalk heightening on dark grey laid Fabriano paper. Ink signed lower right and dated. Framed under plexi-glass, overall 21-3/8" x 27-1/4". Online Bidding and additional information at AspireAuctions.com

Peter Blume (1906-1992) Timor signed, titled and dated 'TIMOR P. BLUME 1954' (lower left) ink and watercolor on paper 9 x 12½ in. (22.9 x 31.8 cm.) Executed in 1954.