Lot 186
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Jon Zahourek (American, b. 1940). "The Pepsi Drinker" mixed media, n.d. Signature on left. A striking mixed media painting by Jon Zahourek depicting a nude or scantily clad woman sitting in front of a window, upon a blanket that covers a bench and cascades over the radiator below. Red curtains are drawn to reveal the rose-colored sheers covering drawn blinds behind the figure. The bare-legged woman appears to be exhausted, her torso hunched over, her head collapsing against her left hand, her right arm lazily drawn across her knees. With delicate features framed by wavy brunette tresses, she gazes down at a half drunk bottle of Pepsi before her feet. The green glass and terracotta vessels flanking her body as well as glimpses of two men's heads, a paint bottle, and an easel to the left suggest that the woman is an art model taking a break from the studio. A wonderful artwork delineated in warm shades of champagne, russet, rose, black and tangerine, set in a custom matte and frame behind glass. Size: 16.25" L x 22.25" W (41.3 cm x 56.5 cm) Size (frame): 28.25" L x 34.2" W (71.8 cm x 86.9 cm)
Jon Zahourek's passion for anatomy as well as his artistic process is strongly conveyed in this intruiguing scene. Zahourek himself has described his creative method as somewhat organic and dissociative. In his words, "Paintings and drawings and sculpture were all a surprise. The kinesthetic mind was doing the artwork, not the conscious mind."
In the 1960s, Jon Zahourek dropped out of college to become an artist. By way of Taos, New Mexico and later Denver, Colorado Zahourek was part of a thriving community of artists, exhibiting his work with prominent contemporaries including Ned Jacobs, Buffalo Kaplinski, George Carlson, and Fritz White. In the 1970s, Zahourek moved to New York to teach painting. He continued as an artist and educator, and eventually fueled his passion for anatomy into developing a system for teaching anatomy which has been used by more than 6,000 classrooms across the United States.
Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010
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- Condition: Signed at the left. Artist's label with the title on the verso. Chips to finish on the frame as shown. Artwork has not been examined outside the frame but appears to be in good condition.
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