Details
- Dimensions
- 26.5ʺW × 1.5ʺD × 32.5ʺH
- Styles
- Folk Art
- Art Subjects
- Figure
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Period
- 1950s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Paint
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- Painting is in fine vintage condition; minor wear to original frame. Painting is in fine vintage condition; minor wear to original frame. less
- Description
- We recently acquired a number of paintings from the estate of the noted outsider artist Peter Paul Sakowski (1915-2000) of … more We recently acquired a number of paintings from the estate of the noted outsider artist Peter Paul Sakowski (1915-2000) of Holyoke, Mass. His style tended to vary from an illustrative graphic quality to the more fractured cubism he adopted during the 1950s and 60s. He was at heart a folk artist rooted in the WPA era traditions of social realism that he of came of age with in the 1930s. A recurring theme in his work of the 1950s were female dancers dressed in the iconnic sack dress of Martha Graham, with whom he appeared fascinated. This portrait of three figures demonstrates his fluid and abstract style. less
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