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Heads or Tails 1947

Paul Burlin (1886-1969)

Oil on canvas

23" x 39"

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Image of 1947 abstract oil painting entitled "Heads or Tails" by artist Paul Burlin depicting many bright colors including reds, blues, yellows, black, greens, oranges.

Heads or Tails (1947)
Oil on canvas, 23" x 39" (frame 35" x 51")
Signed "Paul Burlin" lower left. 

 

Provenance: Downtown Gallery, NY (label verso)
M/M Benjamin Tepper, acquired in 1947
By descent

 

Exhibited: 1947 "Painting in the United States" Carnegie Museum. Catalogue #289.

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Image of signature on "Heads or Tails"painting by Paul Burlin.

Signed "Paul Burlin" lower left. 

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Image of wooden carved frame on "Heads or Tails" painting by Paul Burlin.

Original Frame
35" x 51"

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Detail images of craquelure sections of painting on "Heads or Tails" painting by Paul Burlin.

The work is in excellent, all-original condition. There is some craquelure in the paint in various areas where the artist painted "wet on wet". This technique was popular in the 1940s and 50s post-war period, with artists sometimes not allowing the previously applied layer of paint to fully dry before adding an additional layer(s).

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Images of two labels verso on "Heads or Tails" painting by Paul Burlin.

Labels verso from The Downtown Gallery and Carnegie Institute. 

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Overall verso image of "Heads or Tails" painting by Paul Burlin.

Verso

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Heads or Tails | Caldwell Gallery

1947 Carnegie Exhibition

This work was included in the exhibition Painting in the United States, 1947 at the Carnegie Institute. Click to view pdfs on right, which include letters from the Director, Homer Saint Gaudens, to the artist, Paul Burlin; as well as to the new owners of Heads or Tails; and see portions of the exhibition catalog. 

Letter to Paul Burlin
Letter to Mr. & Mrs. Tepper
Catalog
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