Larry John Palsson Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Larry John Palsson Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 28, 2023
PALSSON, Larry John (American, 1948-2010). A group of six o...
Est: $600 - $800
PALSSON, Larry John (American, 1948-2010). A group of six original abstract paintings. [N.d.]. Six mixed-media paintings on found paper or cardstock. All items unsigned, as is the artist’s custom. Unframed. Various sizes, ranging from 8 x 5” to 11 ¾ x 6 ¾”. Some occasional wear, creasing. A tear in a larger work. A good group. This artist was featured in RAWVISION magazine.
Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
Jun. 02, 2022
Outsider Artist Larry John Palsson, Isometric View
Est: $1,600 - $2,400
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). "Isometric View" acrylic on cardstock, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught Seattle-born artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents a marvelous matrix of geometric forms that play with the eye in a manner of optical illusion. In addition to this clever design, the color palette is striking, comprised of several shades of blue (royal, aqua, azure, and sky), burgundy, vermilion, petal pink, forest green, dove grey, lemon yellow, violet, black, and white hues - and Palsson's approach resonates with early modernist movements such as Cubism and Futurism as well as post-Abstract Expressionist movements like Pop Art. Size of painting: 8.375" L x 10.875" W (21.3 cm x 27.6 cm) Size of frame: 15.2" L x 19.2" W (38.6 cm x 48.8 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J. Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LA Art Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017) . Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) AND Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014) who wrote, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167215
Artemis Gallery
Jun. 02, 2022
1980s Larry John Palsson Cubes, Tumbling Down Stairs
Est: $1,600 - $2,400
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). Cubes Tumbling Down Stairs, acrylic on cardstock, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught Seattle-born artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents an optical illusion comprised of three cubes tumbling down a staircase. The geometric cubes overlap concentric orbs, and all seem to slide down a board situated at the center of a mysteriously parted staircase. In addition to this whimsy of this optical illusion, the color palette is striking, comprised of several shades of blue (royal, aqua, and sky), vermilion, fuchsia, petal pink, forest green, silver, and black - and Palsson's approach resonates with early modernist leanings of Cubism and Surrealism as well as post-Abstract Expressionist movements like Pop Art. Size of painting: 13.875" L x 11" W (35.2 cm x 27.9 cm) Size of frame: 19.2" L x 15.125" W (48.8 cm x 38.4 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J. Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LA Art Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017) . Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) AND Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014) who wrote, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167026
Artemis Gallery
May. 12, 2022
Larry John Palsson Painting - Cubist Switchboard, 1980s
Est: $1,500 - $2,250
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). Cubist Switchboard, acrylic on cardstock, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught, Seattle-born Outsider Artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents a complex array of motifs - what appear to be grey pinball levers and silver balls within a Cubist display of boldly colored geometric forms that appear to both project and recede in space. In addition to this whimsy of this optical illusion, the color palette is striking, comprised of several shades of blue (royal, aqua, and sky), vermilion, fuchsia, petal pink, forest green, silver, and black hues - and Palsson's approach resonates with early modernist movements such as Cubism and Surrealism as well as post-Abstract Expressionist movements like Pop Art. Size of painting: 12" L x 8.875" W (30.5 cm x 22.5 cm) Size of frame: 19.125" L x 15.2" W (48.6 cm x 38.6 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." Despite being self-taught, his modernist style is so sophisticated. To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J. Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LA Art Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017) . Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) as well as Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014). According to Martin's article, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167219
Artemis Gallery
Apr. 14, 2022
Larry John Palsson Oil on Board, Thread Needle
Est: $1,700 - $2,550
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). "Thread Needle" oil on cardboard, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught Seattle-born artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents an oversized needle and thread with various organic shapes presumably threaded or about to be threaded through the needle, all delineated in a beautiful color palette of teal, forest green, citrine, grey, slate blue, vermilion, spring green, khaki, and black - surrounded by a black border. A wonderful painting by Palsson of an intriguing subject that reveals influences of Surrealism as well as Pop Art. Size: 11" L x 14" W (27.9 cm x 35.6 cm) Size of frame: 17.2" L x 21.125" W (43.7 cm x 53.7 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LAArt Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017). Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) AND Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014) who wrote, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J. Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167217
Artemis Gallery
Apr. 14, 2022
Outsider Artist Larry John Palsson, Earth Study
Est: $1,800 - $2,700
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). "Earth Study" oil on board, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing painting by self-taught Seattle-born outsider artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents an abstract interpretation of an ecological study. Organic shapes perhaps representing what lies beneath the earth and living matter sprouting from the ground above make for a fascinating composition. In addition, Palsson's color palette - replete with several shades of green (lime, spring, and forest), vermilion, violet, deep pink, lemon yellow, salmon, royal blue, russet, sienna, chocolate brown, and black - is stunning. A wonderful work by Palsson that resonates with the Earthworks movement as well as Biomorphic Abstraction. Size of artwork: 12.2" L x 12.875" W (31 cm x 32.7 cm) Size of frame: 18.125" L x 18.125" W (46 cm x 46 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LA Art Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017). Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) AND Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014) who wrote, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J. Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167216
Artemis Gallery
Mar. 24, 2022
Larry John Palsson Painting - Cubist Switchboard, 1980s
Est: $1,200 - $2,400
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). Cubist Switchboard, acrylic on cardstock, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught, Seattle-born Outsider Artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents a complex array of motifs - what appear to be grey pinball levers and silver balls within a Cubist display of boldly colored geometric forms that appear to both project and recede in space. In addition to this whimsy of this optical illusion, the color palette is striking, comprised of several shades of blue (royal, aqua, and sky), vermilion, fuchsia, petal pink, forest green, silver, and black hues - and Palsson's approach resonates with early modernist movements such as Cubism and Surrealism as well as post-Abstract Expressionist movements like Pop Art. Size of painting: 12" L x 8.875" W (30.5 cm x 22.5 cm) Size of frame: 19.125" L x 15.2" W (48.6 cm x 38.6 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." Despite being self-taught, his modernist style is so sophisticated. To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J. Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LA Art Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017) . Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) as well as Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014). According to Martin's article, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167219
Artemis Gallery
Mar. 08, 2022
Larry John Palsson Oil on Board, Thread Needle
Est: $1,800 - $2,500
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). "Thread Needle" oil on cardboard, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught Seattle-born artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents an oversized needle and thread with various organic shapes presumably threaded or about to be threaded through the needle, all delineated in a beautiful color palette of teal, forest green, citrine, grey, slate blue, vermilion, spring green, khaki, and black - surrounded by a black border. A wonderful painting by Palsson of an intriguing subject that reveals influences of Surrealism as well as Pop Art. Size: 11" L x 14" W (27.9 cm x 35.6 cm) Size of frame: 17.2" L x 21.125" W (43.7 cm x 53.7 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LAArt Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017). Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) AND Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014) who wrote, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J. Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #167217
Artemis Gallery
Mar. 08, 2022
Outsider Artist Larry John Palsson, Earth Study
Est: $1,800 - $2,500
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). "Earth Study" oil on board, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing painting by self-taught Seattle-born outsider artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents an abstract interpretation of an ecological study. Organic shapes perhaps representing what lies beneath the earth and living matter sprouting from the ground above make for a fascinating composition. In addition, Palsson's color palette - replete with several shades of green (lime, spring, and forest), vermilion, violet, deep pink, lemon yellow, salmon, royal blue, russet, sienna, chocolate brown, and black - is stunning. A wonderful work by Palsson that resonates with the Earthworks movement as well as Biomorphic Abstraction. Size of artwork: 12.2" L x 12.875" W (31 cm x 32.7 cm) Size of frame: 18.125" L x 18.125" W (46 cm x 46 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LA Art Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017). Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) AND Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014) who wrote, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J. Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #167216
Artemis Gallery
Mar. 08, 2022
Outsider Artist Larry John Palsson, Isometric View
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). "Isometric View" acrylic on cardstock, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught Seattle-born artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents a marvelous matrix of geometric forms that play with the eye in a manner of optical illusion. In addition to this clever design, the color palette is striking, comprised of several shades of blue (royal, aqua, azure, and sky), burgundy, vermilion, petal pink, forest green, dove grey, lemon yellow, violet, black, and white hues - and Palsson's approach resonates with early modernist movements such as Cubism and Futurism as well as post-Abstract Expressionist movements like Pop Art. Size of painting: 8.375" L x 10.875" W (21.3 cm x 27.6 cm) Size of frame: 15.2" L x 19.2" W (38.6 cm x 48.8 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J. Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LA Art Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017) . Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) AND Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014) who wrote, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #167215
Artemis Gallery
Mar. 08, 2022
1980s Larry John Palsson Cubes, Tumbling Down Stairs
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). Cubes Tumbling Down Stairs, acrylic on cardstock, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught Seattle-born artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents an optical illusion comprised of three cubes tumbling down a staircase. The geometric cubes overlap concentric orbs, and all seem to slide down a board situated at the center of a mysteriously parted staircase. In addition to this whimsy of this optical illusion, the color palette is striking, comprised of several shades of blue (royal, aqua, and sky), vermilion, fuchsia, petal pink, forest green, silver, and black - and Palsson's approach resonates with early modernist leanings of Cubism and Surrealism as well as post-Abstract Expressionist movements like Pop Art. Size of painting: 13.875" L x 11" W (35.2 cm x 27.9 cm) Size of frame: 19.2" L x 15.125" W (48.8 cm x 38.4 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J. Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LA Art Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017) . Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) AND Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014) who wrote, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #167026
Artemis Gallery
Dec. 16, 2021
Outsider Artist Larry John Palsson Painting, 1980s
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). "Isometric View" acrylic on cardstock, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught Seattle-born artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents a marvelous matrix of geometric forms that play with the eye in a manner of optical illusion. In addition to this clever design, the color palette is striking, comprised of several shades of blue (royal, aqua, azure, and sky), burgundy, vermilion, petal pink, forest green, dove grey, lemon yellow, violet, black, and white hues - and Palsson's approach resonates with early modernist movements such as Cubism and Futurism as well as post-Abstract Expressionist movements like Pop Art. Size of painting: 8.375" L x 10.875" W (21.3 cm x 27.6 cm) Size of frame: 15.2" L x 19.2" W (38.6 cm x 48.8 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J. Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LA Art Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017) . Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) AND Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014) who wrote, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167215
Artemis Gallery
Dec. 16, 2021
Framed Outsider Artist Larry John Palsson Painting, 80s
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). Cubes Tumbling Down Stairs, acrylic on cardstock, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught Seattle-born artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents an optical illusion comprised of three cubes tumbling down a staircase. The geometric cubes overlap concentric orbs, and all seem to slide down a board situated at the center of a mysteriously parted staircase. In addition to this whimsy of this optical illusion, the color palette is striking, comprised of several shades of blue (royal, aqua, and sky), vermilion, fuchsia, petal pink, forest green, silver, and black - and Palsson's approach resonates with early modernist leanings of Cubism and Surrealism as well as post-Abstract Expressionist movements like Pop Art. Size of painting: 13.875" L x 11" W (35.2 cm x 27.9 cm) Size of frame: 19.2" L x 15.125" W (48.8 cm x 38.4 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J. Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LA Art Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017) . Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) AND Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014) who wrote, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167026
Artemis Gallery
Dec. 02, 2021
Larry John Palsson Painting - Cubist Switchboard, 1980s
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). Cubist Switchboard, acrylic on cardstock, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught, Seattle-born Outsider Artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents a complex array of motifs - what appear to be grey pinball levers and silver balls within a Cubist display of boldly colored geometric forms that appear to both project and recede in space. In addition to this whimsy of this optical illusion, the color palette is striking, comprised of several shades of blue (royal, aqua, and sky), vermilion, fuchsia, petal pink, forest green, silver, and black hues - and Palsson's approach resonates with early modernist movements such as Cubism and Surrealism as well as post-Abstract Expressionist movements like Pop Art. Size of painting: 12" L x 8.875" W (30.5 cm x 22.5 cm) Size of frame: 19.125" L x 15.2" W (48.6 cm x 38.6 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." Despite being self-taught, his modernist style is so sophisticated. To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J. Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LA Art Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017) . Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) as well as Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014). According to Martin's article, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167219
Artemis Gallery
Nov. 18, 2021
Larry John Palsson Painting - "Thread Needle" 1980s
Est: $2,200 - $3,300
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). "Thread Needle" oil on cardboard, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught Seattle-born artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents an oversized needle and thread with various organic shapes presumably threaded or about to be threaded through the needle, all delineated in a beautiful color palette of teal, forest green, citrine, grey, slate blue, vermilion, spring green, khaki, and black - surrounded by a black border. A wonderful painting by Palsson of an intriguing subject that reveals influences of Surrealism as well as Pop Art. Size: 11" L x 14" W (27.9 cm x 35.6 cm) Size of frame: 17.2" L x 21.125" W (43.7 cm x 53.7 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LAArt Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017). Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) AND Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014) who wrote, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J. Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167217
Artemis Gallery
Nov. 18, 2021
Larry John Palsson Painting - "Earth Study" 1980s
Est: $2,200 - $3,300
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). "Earth Study" oil on board, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing painting by self-taught Seattle-born outsider artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents an abstract interpretation of an ecological study. Organic shapes perhaps representing what lies beneath the earth and living matter sprouting from the ground above make for a fascinating composition. In addition, Palsson's color palette - replete with several shades of green (lime, spring, and forest), vermilion, violet, deep pink, lemon yellow, salmon, royal blue, russet, sienna, chocolate brown, and black - is stunning. A wonderful work by Palsson that resonates with the Earthworks movement as well as Biomorphic Abstraction. Size of artwork: 12.2" L x 12.875" W (31 cm x 32.7 cm) Size of frame: 18.125" L x 18.125" W (46 cm x 46 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LA Art Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017). Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) AND Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014) who wrote, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J. Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167216
Artemis Gallery
Oct. 21, 2021
Larry John Palsson Painting - Cubist Switchboard, 1980s
Est: $2,200 - $3,300
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). Cubist Switchboard, acrylic on cardstock, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught, Seattle-born Outsider Artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents a complex array of motifs - what appear to be grey pinball levers and silver balls within a Cubist display of boldly colored geometric forms that appear to both project and recede in space. In addition to this whimsy of this optical illusion, the color palette is striking, comprised of several shades of blue (royal, aqua, and sky), vermilion, fuchsia, petal pink, forest green, silver, and black hues - and Palsson's approach resonates with early modernist movements such as Cubism and Surrealism as well as post-Abstract Expressionist movements like Pop Art. Size of painting: 12" L x 8.875" W (30.5 cm x 22.5 cm) Size of frame: 19.125" L x 15.2" W (48.6 cm x 38.6 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." Despite being self-taught, his modernist style is so sophisticated. To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J. Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LA Art Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017) . Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) as well as Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014). According to Martin's article, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167219
Artemis Gallery
Oct. 21, 2021
Outsider Artist Larry John Palsson Painting, 1980s
Est: $2,200 - $3,300
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). "Isometric View" acrylic on cardstock, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught Seattle-born artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents a marvelous matrix of geometric forms that play with the eye in a manner of optical illusion. In addition to this clever design, the color palette is striking, comprised of several shades of blue (royal, aqua, azure, and sky), burgundy, vermilion, petal pink, forest green, dove grey, lemon yellow, violet, black, and white hues - and Palsson's approach resonates with early modernist movements such as Cubism and Futurism as well as post-Abstract Expressionist movements like Pop Art. Size of painting: 8.375" L x 10.875" W (21.3 cm x 27.6 cm) Size of frame: 15.2" L x 19.2" W (38.6 cm x 48.8 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J. Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LA Art Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017) . Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) AND Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014) who wrote, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167215
Artemis Gallery
Oct. 21, 2021
Framed Outsider Artist Larry John Palsson Painting, 80s
Est: $2,200 - $3,300
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). Cubes Tumbling Down Stairs, acrylic on cardstock, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught Seattle-born artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents an optical illusion comprised of three cubes tumbling down a staircase. The geometric cubes overlap concentric orbs, and all seem to slide down a board situated at the center of a mysteriously parted staircase. In addition to this whimsy of this optical illusion, the color palette is striking, comprised of several shades of blue (royal, aqua, and sky), vermilion, fuchsia, petal pink, forest green, silver, and black - and Palsson's approach resonates with early modernist leanings of Cubism and Surrealism as well as post-Abstract Expressionist movements like Pop Art. Size of painting: 13.875" L x 11" W (35.2 cm x 27.9 cm) Size of frame: 19.2" L x 15.125" W (48.8 cm x 38.4 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J. Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LA Art Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017) . Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) AND Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014) who wrote, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167026
Artemis Gallery
Oct. 07, 2021
Larry John Palsson Painting - "Thread Needle" 1980s
Est: $2,400 - $3,000
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). "Thread Needle" oil on cardboard, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught Seattle-born artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents an oversized needle and thread with various organic shapes presumably threaded or about to be threaded through the needle, all delineated in a beautiful color palette of teal, forest green, citrine, grey, slate blue, vermilion, spring green, khaki, and black - surrounded by a black border. A wonderful painting by Palsson of an intriguing subject that reveals influences of Surrealism as well as Pop Art. Size: 11" L x 14" W (27.9 cm x 35.6 cm) Size of frame: 17.2" L x 21.125" W (43.7 cm x 53.7 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LAArt Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017). Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) AND Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014) who wrote, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J. Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167217
Artemis Gallery
Oct. 07, 2021
Larry John Palsson Painting - "Earth Study" 1980s
Est: $2,400 - $2,800
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). "Earth Study" oil on board, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing painting by self-taught Seattle-born outsider artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents an abstract interpretation of an ecological study. Organic shapes perhaps representing what lies beneath the earth and living matter sprouting from the ground above make for a fascinating composition. In addition, Palsson's color palette - replete with several shades of green (lime, spring, and forest), vermilion, violet, deep pink, lemon yellow, salmon, royal blue, russet, sienna, chocolate brown, and black - is stunning. A wonderful work by Palsson that resonates with the Earthworks movement as well as Biomorphic Abstraction. Size of artwork: 12.2" L x 12.875" W (31 cm x 32.7 cm) Size of frame: 18.125" L x 18.125" W (46 cm x 46 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LA Art Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017). Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) AND Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014) who wrote, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J. Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167216
Artemis Gallery
Sep. 02, 2021
Larry John Palsson Painting - Cubist Switchboard, 1980s
Est: $2,400 - $2,800
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). Cubist Switchboard, acrylic on cardstock, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught, Seattle-born Outsider Artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents a complex array of motifs - what appear to be grey pinball levers and silver balls within a Cubist display of boldly colored geometric forms that appear to both project and recede in space. In addition to this whimsy of this optical illusion, the color palette is striking, comprised of several shades of blue (royal, aqua, and sky), vermilion, fuchsia, petal pink, forest green, silver, and black hues - and Palsson's approach resonates with early modernist movements such as Cubism and Surrealism as well as post-Abstract Expressionist movements like Pop Art. Size of painting: 12" L x 8.875" W (30.5 cm x 22.5 cm) Size of frame: 19.125" L x 15.2" W (48.6 cm x 38.6 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." Despite being self-taught, his modernist style is so sophisticated. To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J. Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LA Art Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017) . Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) as well as Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014). According to Martin's article, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167219
Artemis Gallery
Sep. 02, 2021
Outsider Artist Larry John Palsson Painting, 1980s
Est: $2,400 - $3,600
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). "Isometric View" acrylic on cardstock, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught Seattle-born artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents a marvelous matrix of geometric forms that play with the eye in a manner of optical illusion. In addition to this clever design, the color palette is striking, comprised of several shades of blue (royal, aqua, azure, and sky), burgundy, vermilion, petal pink, forest green, dove grey, lemon yellow, violet, black, and white hues - and Palsson's approach resonates with early modernist movements such as Cubism and Futurism as well as post-Abstract Expressionist movements like Pop Art. Size of painting: 8.375" L x 10.875" W (21.3 cm x 27.6 cm) Size of frame: 15.2" L x 19.2" W (38.6 cm x 48.8 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J. Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LA Art Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017) . Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) AND Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014) who wrote, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: J Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167215
Artemis Gallery
Aug. 26, 2021
Framed Outsider Artist Larry John Palsson Painting, 80s
Est: $2,400 - $2,800
Larry John Palsson (American, 1948-2010). Cubes Tumbling Down Stairs acrylic on cardstock, ca. 1980s. A mesmerizing hard-edged abstraction painting by self-taught Seattle-born artist Larry John Palsson. The composition presents an optical illusion comprised of three cubes tumbling down a staircase. The geometric cubes overlap concentric orbs, and all seem to slide down a board situated at the center of a mysteriously parted staircase. In addition to this whimsy of this optical illusion, the color palette is striking, comprised of several shades of blue (royal, aqua, and sky), vermilion, fuchsia, petal pink, forest green, silver, and black - and Palsson's approach resonates with early modernist leanings of Cubism and Surrealism as well as post-Abstract Expressionist movements like Pop Art. Size of painting: 13.875" L x 11" W (35.2 cm x 27.9 cm) Size of frame: 19.2" L x 15.125" W (48.8 cm x 38.4 cm) Larry John Palsson spent his life in Seattle. Palsson was thought to be autistic, and was oftentimes described as a recluse. Although Palsson dreamed of becoming an engineer, he channeled his creativity toward his art - creating hundreds of paintings, many painted on ordinary household materials such as cereal boxes, frozen food cartons, and grocery store paper bags. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "The paintings are examples of the artists resourcefulness, innate sense of color and conceptual dexterity with geometric forms." To learn more about this remarkable artist, please read the article "An Unexpected Modernist" by New York-based Senior Editor Edward M. Gomez in Raw Visions Magazine (April 2016 issue - volume 89). Raw Visions is the only international journal devoted to outsider art. According to Gomez, "Palsson's abstract compositions are made up of geometric forms whose hard edged outlines and modeling free flatness share affinities with the various kinds of geometric abstraction that flourished both before and after the eruption of gestural Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. They also bring to mind the reductivist forms and bold palettes of the 1960s era Pop Art. Sometimes his neatly painted shapes depict or seem to allude to familiar subjects stars, eggs, phalluses, stairsteps, needles or human faces." Gomez also points to Texas-based art dealer Jean Compton (of J. Compton Gallery) as playing a valuable role in introducing Larry John Palsson to the art world. According to the J. Compton Gallery, "At the time of his death, he (Larry John Palsson) was an unknown artist with a secret portfolio a secret shared by few of hundreds of paintings, presumably his life's work. Raw Visions Magazine is dedicated to the enigma, the unexpected, the iconoclast. And as their article suggests and his paintings confirm, Larry Palsson was exactly that. His was a life filled with an outsider's raw vision, a maverick's raw wisdom and a self-taught artist's raw talents and joy." Larry John Palsson's art has been exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Objects of Art Show 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico (each year this show hosts an exhibition of a particular artist or genre and 2013 was Larry's year); 2014 Kim Bacon's LAArt Show; 2014 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art; Heart of Country Antique Show in Nashville, Tennessee; Midwest Antique Show in Cedar Rapids, Michigan; and Tower Antiques Show in Dallas, Texas (2015, 2016, 2017) . Larry John Palsson's work has also been featured in the Forbes magazine article, "Hot Market: The Outsider Art Fair Opens in New York" by Ann Binlot (January 28, 2015) AND Architectural Digest's "Preview works from New York's Outsider Art Fair" by Hannah Martin (December 31, 2014) who wrote, "Palsson's works were discovered in a Seattle estate sale in 2011. Though he was severely autistic, he dreamed of being an engineer, and while living at home with his widowed mother, he created a huge body of drawings and handmade sculptures." Provenance: ex-J Compton Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167026
Artemis Gallery