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BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Study of The Baptism of Christ (Piero della Francesca).

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Study of The Baptism of Christ (Piero della Francesca). Felt tip pen and ink on cream wove paper, circa 1961. 336x273 mm; 13¼x10¾ inches. Provenance: the artist, New York; Carol Thompson, the artist's wife, New York; private collection, New York. This iconic della Francesca painting is in the National Gallery of London, which Thompson visited in 1961.

BOB THOMPSON (1937-1966). The Recreation of Cephalus and Procris. oil on ca

BOB THOMPSON (1937-1966). The Recreation of Cephalus and Procris. oil on canvas 18 1⁄8 x 24 1⁄8 in. (46 x 61.3 cm.).

Bob THOMPSON (1937-1966) American - Italian

Robert Louis THOMPSON (June 26, 1937, Louisville, Kentucky - May 30, 1966, Rome, Italy) ; Untitled (Allegoria con Marte, Venere, Vittoria e Cupido) ; 1964 ; oil on canvas / framed ; dimensions 61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 in.) ; signed and dated lower left corner and on verso ; Shipping to USA - DHL $650 , National post with tracking service $450 / Shipping to EU, Middle Assia - DHL $520 , National post with tracking service $380

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) Untitled gouache on paper mounted on board image:

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) Untitled gouache on paper mounted on board image: 7 ½ x 5 ½ in. (19 x 13.9 cm.)

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) Music Lesson oil on canvas 47 ½ x 47 ½ in. (120.6

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) Music Lesson oil on canvas 47 ½ x 47 ½ in. (120.6 x 120.6 cm.)

Bob THOMPSON (1937-1966) American - Italian

Robert Louis THOMPSON (June 26, 1937, Louisville, Kentucky - May 30, 1966, Rome, Italy) ; Untitled (Allegoria con Marte, Venere, Vittoria e Cupido) ; 1964 ; oil on canvas / framed ; dimensions 61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 in.) ; signed and dated lower left corner and on verso ; Shipping to USA - DHL $650 , National post with tracking service $450 / Shipping to EU, Middle Assia - DHL $520 , National post with tracking service $380

Bob Thompson American, 1937-1966 Untitled (Red Nude), 1962

Bob Thompson American, 1937-1966 Untitled (Red Nude), 1962 Signed and dated B Thompson '62 (lr); signed, inscribed and dated 5/B Thompson/62 Paris on the reverse Oil pastel on paper 13 1/8 x 16 inches (33.33 x 40.64 cm) Provenance: The artist Kootz Gallery (later HCE Gallery), Provincetown Private collection, New York Thence by descent in the family C 

Bob Thompson American, 1937-1966 Untitled (Woman Reading), 1962

Bob Thompson American, 1937-1966 Untitled (Woman Reading), 1962 Signed and dated B Thompson '62 (ll); signed, inscribed and dated 2/B Thompson/62 Paris on the reverse Oil pastel on paper 13 1/8 x 16 inches (33.33 x 40.64 cm) Provenance: The artist Kootz Gallery (later HCE Gallery), Provincetown Private collection, New York Thence by descent in the family C 

Bob Thompson American, 1937-1966 Untitled (Figures in a Landscape), 1962

Bob Thompson American, 1937-1966 Untitled (Figures in a Landscape), 1962 Signed and dated B Thompson 62 (lr); signed, inscribed and dated 1./B Thompson/'62 Paris on the reverse Oil pastel on paper 16 x 13 1/8 inches (40.64 x 33.33 cm) Provenance: The artist Kootz Gallery (later HCE Gallery), Provincetown Private collection, New York Thence by descent in the family C 

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) Untitled (After Manet) oil on board 3 7/8 x 5 7/8

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) Untitled (After Manet) oil on board 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (9.4 x 14.5 cm.)

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) Meeting Man oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. (61 x 76.2 c

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) Meeting Man oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. (61 x 76.2 cm.)

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) Tree of Engulfers oil on panel 5 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) Tree of Engulfers oil on panel 5 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (14.9 x 21.9 cm.)

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) The Struggle oil on wood 3 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. (9.5 x

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) The Struggle oil on wood 3 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. (9.5 x 18.4 cm.)

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) Trees and River oil on canvas 7 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) Trees and River oil on canvas 7 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (19.7 x 31.8 cm.)

AN AMERICAN OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING SIGNED "B. THOMPSON"

Attributed to Bob (Robert Louis) Thompson (1937 - 1966) was active/lived in Kentucky, New York, Massachusetts / Italy. Bob Thompson is known for Figurative expressionist painting and religion. Signed: "B. Thompson" lower right. We are adding more unmasked images of the painting removed from the frame since we received multiple requests along with the condition report: 11/30/2022: We examined the painting under black light. The canvas appears to be in its original form, there are no apparent signs of restoration. It has not been re-stretched or altered in any way. The verso shows expected signs of age and wear but no damage.

BOB THOMPSON, American (1937-1966), Untitled, 1963, gouache on paper, 23 1/2 x 18 3/8 inches (sight)

BOB THOMPSON American, (1937-1966) Untitled, 1963 gouache on paper signed and dated lower left "B. Thompson '63"

BOB THOMPSON, PORTRAIT OF LEROI JONES, 1960

Thompson, Bob (American 1937-1966). Portrait of LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka). 1960. Pencil on wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil l.r. 19 3/4" x 14 7/8". Condition: Handling creases and markings. Toning to edges.

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) The Chase.

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) The Chase. Oil on masonite board, 1958. 483x550 mm; 19x21 5/8 inches. Signed and dated in oil, lower right recto. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "P-town" in oil across the verso. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist, private collection, New York; thence by descent, private collection, New York. The Chase is an extraordinary and fascinating painting by Bob Thompson - an early oil from his breakout period in Provincetown. In the summer of 1958, Thompson spent time painting in Provincetown and taking classes at the Seong Moy School of Painting and Graphic Arts. There he began incorporating figurative elements to his abstract painting, and befriended fellow resident artists Emilio Cruz and Gandy Brodie. This brief period begins with the painting The Funeral of Jan Müller, Thompson's homage to the influential German emigré artist whose work he encountered in Provincetown but who passed away shortly before Thompson arrived on the Cape. That summer, Thompson produced an expressive figurative body of work painted in oil in a dark somber palette on masonite board. Many of his paintings were exhibited in the 1958 Provincetown Arts Festival sponsored by the Chrysler Museum, 13 of which were purchased by art benefactor Walter Chrylser. The Funeral of Jan Müller, Myron Kunin Collection of American Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, is featured in the current traveling exhibition Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine, curated by Diana Tuite, Katz Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Colby College Museum of Art.

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) Untitled pastel and gouache on paper mounted on pa

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) Untitled pastel and gouache on paper mounted on panel 4 x 5 1/4 (10.2 x 13.3 cm.)

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) Untitled pastel and gouache on paper mounted on pa

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) Untitled pastel and gouache on paper mounted on panel 4 x 5 1/4 in. (10.2 x 13.3 cm.)

BOB (ROBERT LOUIS) THOMPSON AMERICAN 1937-1966

Figures in a Landscape, oil on board, 14 x 11 1/4 in (35.6 x 28.6 cm), framed 17 1/4 x 14 1/4 in (43.8 x 36.2 cm), signed lower left, PROVENANCE: Private collection New York

Bob Thompson (American, 1937 - 1966)

Rare screen printed exhibition poster on heavy paper. 15 1/4 x 11 inches (overall). 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches (image). Based on Thompson's painting: "Enchanted Rider", 1961. A scarce piece of artist ephemera of this noted African American Artist. We could not locate another example. Provenance: Ex Collection: New England Center for Contemporary Art.

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Untitled (Study for Satyr Painting).

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Untitled (Study for Satyr Painting). Felt tip pens and color inks with pencil on cream wove paper, 1966. 279x216 mm; 11x8 1/2 inches. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist's widow, Carol Thompson; private collection, New York (1981). Bob and Carol Thompson moved to Italy in 1965 so he could study the Renaissance paintings that inspired him in person. While recovering from gall bladder surgery in Rome in 1966, Thompson died in Rome just before his 29th birthday, only eight years after the start of his career in Provincetown.

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) The Ten Plagues.

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) The Ten Plagues. Goauche and pencil on cream wove paper, mounted to illustration board, 1963. 216x178 mm; 8 1/2 x 7 inches. Signed and dated in ink twice, lower right and lower right margin, with an inscription in the lower margin. Provenance: private collection, New York, acquired at Christie's East, New York, November 7, 2000.

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Winter.

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Winter. Oil on wood panel, 1960. 275x350 mm; 7 3/8x13 1/2 inches. Provenance: the artist; Carol Thompson, the artist's wife; Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery, New York, with the label on the frame back; private collection, New York, acquired at Christie's New York, July 28, 2015.

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Untitled (Blue Figure in Profile).

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Untitled (Blue Figure in Profile). Oil on linen canvas, mounted to wood panel, 1963. 275x350 mm; 3 3/4x11 1/2 inches. Signed and dated in ink, verso. Provenance: John and Kimiko Powers; gifted to a non-profit orginization; private collection, New York, acquired at Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, CT, April 28, 2011.

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Tree God.

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Tree God. Oil on wood panel, 1960. 187x546 mm; 7 3/8x21 1/2 inches. Signed, titled and dated in oil, verso. Provenance: private collection, New York, acquired from Sotheby's New York, April 4, 2008. This fascinating painting on wood is related to a number of similar horizontal scenes painted by Bob Thompson in 1960. Thompson created compositions set in a mythological paradise or Garden of Eden, including his dark hatted figures, classical nudes and over-sized demigods. His monumental Garden of Muse, 1960, in the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum is the best known example of these scenes. This early painting dates from the artist's second year in New York after leaving Provincetown. Thompson moved to Greenwich Village, finding a studio on Clinton Street in 1959, and soon became part of the downtown art scene. There he reconnected with his close knit group of Provincetown artist friends. In 1960, he had his first solo exhibition in New York at the Delancey Street Museum, founded by Red Grooms, and a two-person exhibition with Jay Milder at the Zabriskie Gallery. In December, he married Carol Plenda whom he had also met in Provincetown.

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) The Bargaining oil on panel 23 ½ x 20 in. (60 x 50

BOB THOMPSON (1936-1966) The Bargaining oil on panel 23 ½ x 20 in. (60 x 50.8 cm.)

BOB THOMPSON (1937-1966) Upside-Down Man on Donkey (Dream) oil on canvas 24

BOB THOMPSON (1937-1966) Upside-Down Man on Donkey (Dream) oil on canvas 24 x 18in. (60.8 x 45.6cm.)

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Tancred and Erminia.

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Tancred and Erminia. Oil on paper mounted on masonite board, circa 1965. 297x260 mm; 11x10 1/4 inches. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist, the estate of Stephen Poleskie, New York. In this small study, Bob Thompson was apparently inspired by the painting of Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665), Tancred and Erminia, circa 1634, in the collection of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, England. His larger 1965 canvas of this same subject was included in the artist's 1998 retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Golden/Wilson p. 198.

Bob Thompson (American, 1937-1966), , Untitled

Bob Thompson (American, 1937-1966) Untitled Pencil signed and dated 62 bottom left, gouache on paper. 21 1/4 x 18 in. (54 x 45.7cm) provenance: The Artist. Dorothy Levitt Beskind, New York, New York (acquired directly from the above). The Estate of Dorothy Levitt Beskind, New York, New York. note: In a career spanning just eight years of full-time painting, Bob Thompson created over one thousand works and reached a prominence only few African-American artists of his generation achieved within the mainstream New York art world. Known for his large, allegorical paintings, Thompson mined his art historical knowledge and his close study of classical old masters like Masaccio, Piero della Francesca and Goya for powerful imagery that he engaged in his deeply personal expression. He studied art at the University of Louisville, spending a summer in Provincetown, Massachusetts at the suggestion of his professor Mary Spencer Nay, where he forged important connections with Red Grooms and other artists. These friendships later gained him access at New York galleries, including those of Martha Jackson and Paula Cooper, which led to his rapid recognition and success in the New York art world of the 1960s. Martha Jackson in turn introduced Thompson to Dorothy Levitt Beskind, a prolific collector and artist in her own right, who began a project of documenting the daily lives of prominent New York artists in film, dedicating her first installment to Thompson in 1965. She also photographed the artist in the garden of the Martha Jackson Gallery, casually gazing out from under his fedora. The gouache she acquired from the artist, presented here, encapsulates Thompson's project, incorporating fantastical creatures, bird-human hybrids playing out a dramatic scene while a Goya-inspired winged figure engages the viewer directly from below. The artist's use of bird imagery harkened back to a dream where birds "swept everything up, including me," [1] and contributed to his personal mythological stories of power and freedom. [1] "Bob Thompson: Important Works in New York Collections," New York: Martha Jackson Gallery, 1968 quoted in Samella Lewis, African American Art and Artists, Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1990, p. 173.

Bob Thompson (American, 1937-1966) Hercules and Antaeus, 1965

Bob Thompson (American, 1937-1966) Hercules and Antaeus, 1965 acrylic on paper mounted to board signed, inscribed and dated (verso) 8 1/2 x 4 1/8 inches. Provenance: Donald Morris Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan Acquired from the above by Susanne Hilberry and Richard Kandarian, Birmingham, Michigan Private Collection Exhibited: Detroit, Michigan, Founders Society the Detroit Institute of Arts, Bob Thompson Exhibition, October 24, 1999 - January 2, 2000

Bob Thompson (American, 1937-1966) The Feeding, 1963

Bob Thompson (American, 1937-1966) The Feeding, 1963 oil on canvas signed Bob Thompson and dated (upper right); signed and dated (verso) 18 x 24 inches. Provenance: Martha Jackson Gallery, New York David Anderson Gallery, New York Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery, New York Exhibited: New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Figuration (Emilio Cruz, Stanley Edwards, John Hultberg, Lester Johnson, Bob Thompson), 1965, no. 9 Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum, (label on verso) Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery (label on verso) New York, Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery, Bob Thompson, January 18 - February 26, 1983, no. 6 Property from the Collection of Mr. David Tennenbaum, Evanston, Illinois

BOB THOMPSON | Adam and Eve

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Untitled (Red Man with Child in Landscape).

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Untitled (Red Man with Child in Landscape). Oil on paper, 1964. 267x279 mm; 10 1/4x10 3/4 inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower right. Provenance: acquried directly from the artist; Benny Andrews (1965); Sherry Washington Gallery, Detroit, MI (1995); private collection, Michigan (2011).

Bob Thompson (American, 1937-1966) The Sack (The Snook), 1961

Bob Thompson (American, 1937-1966) The Sack (The Snook), 1961 oil on canvas signed B Thompson and dated (lower left); signed, titled and dated (verso) 23 3/8 x 35 1/4 inches. Provenance: Noah Goldowsky Fine Arts, New York

Bob Thompson (1936-1966) - The Entombment

Bob Thompson (1936-1966) The Entombment oil on canvas 39 3/8 x 49 ¾ in. (100 x 126.4 cm.)

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) The Abduction of Helen.

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) The Abduction of Helen. Color pastels and gouache on smooth wove paper, circa 1963. 210x530 mm; 9x12 inches. Provenance: Donald Morris Gallery, Detroit and New York, with the labels on the frame back; private collection, New York. Painted on offset printed paper, Bob Thompson often drew or painted directly onto the pages of art reproductions to make studies for his oil paintings. Thompson painted a number of scenes depicting the mythology of the Trojan War in 1964 including The Judgment of Paris in the collection of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY.

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Self Portrait.

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Self Portrait. Oil on wove paper, 1959. 597x444 mm; 23 1/2x 17 1/2 inches (sheet). Provenance: the estate of the artist; Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery, New York (1992); Phillip Sanfield, Farmington Hills, Michigan; Pensler Galleries, Washington, DC; Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina; private collection (2018). With a Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery letter of authenticity, dated May 22, 1992, signed by Carol Thompson (the artist's wife). The gallery were representatives of the estate of Bob Thompson through the early 1990s. This oil on paper is an extraordinary and very scarce self-portrait by Bob Thompson, made early in his New York period. While Thompson had his first solo exhibition in the spring of 1959 in his native Louisville, he had already moved to New York in the fall of 1958. Encouraged by friends and the success of his Provincetown paintings, Thompson moved to Greenwich Village, drawn to its "Beat" scene of art happenings and jazz clubs. He first shared a loft with artists Jay Midler, Christopher Lane and briefly Red Grooms, on Monroe Street before moving to Clinton Street in 1959. Thompson had his first New York solo exhibition at the Delancey Street Museum in 1960. Thompson only painted a small number of self-portraits in his all too brief, eight year career - the Speed Art Museum of Louisville recently acquired his 1960 Self-Portrait in the Studio. Golden pp. 46-47.

IN THE MANNER BOB THOMPSON (American, 1937-1966) UNTITLED (FIGURES WITH BLUE SAINT).

Bob (Robert Louis) Thompson was an important African American modernist artist in the 1960s who was greatly influenced by Paul Gauguin's Fauvist paintings. He often used Biblical subjects, and created an effect of idealized, faceless figures. Born in Kentucky, he studied at the University of Louisville art program before moving to New York where he became part of the "Beat Generation" and received a grant in 1961 from the Walter Gutman Foundation. He was most prolific from 1963-1965, enjoying solo shows at Martha Jackson Gallery, Richard Gray Gallery and Paula Cooper Gallery, where collector Joseph Hirshhorn purchased a number of his paintings. His work was also included in Yale University's "Seven Young Painters" exhibition in 1964. Tragically, his life was cut short in 1966 at the height of his career, just before his twenty-ninth birthday, while undergoing emergency gall bladder surgery in Rome. Provenance: Private Collector, Canada. Artist: BOB THOMPSON (American, 1937-1966) Condition: Board is slightly warped, minor surface dirt, otherwise very good. Created: 1964Frame: Vintage wood frameMedium: Oil on MasoniteSignature: Signed and dated lower left "Bob Thompson." Title: UNTITLED (FIGURES WITH BLUE SAINT)Work Size: 19" x 23" Condition: Dimensions: Framed: 20" x 24 - 1/4" x 3/4".CORRECTION: Title updated

Bob Thompson, drawing, c. 1958

Bob Thompson (American, 1937-1966), Nude, India ink drawing on paper, initialed "RLT" and dated lower right, gallery label verso, matted and framed, 17"h x 24"w (sight), 27"h x 36"w (frame)

BOB THOMPSON (AFRICAN AMERICAN, 1937-1966).

Oil On Masonite. "Fearful Insider". 1958. Signed lower right. Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed "Provincetown 58". Originally from the estate of Alexander Raydon, New York. From a Larchmont, NY collection. In the summer of 1958, Thompson began to add figurative elements to his abstract painting - greatly influenced by fellow resident artists Jan Müller and Gandy Brodie. Beginning with his hommage, The Funeral of Jan Müller, these early works are painted in a darker, cooler palette on masonite. Unlike his mature style, these early works are also signed either "Rob Thompson or R. Thompson" in block letters and inscribed on the verso. The Provincetown paintings were all exhibited in the 1958 Provincetown Arts Festival sponsored by the Chrysler Museum, of which Walter Chrysler purchased 13 of the works. Today few works are known - from this group.

Bob Thompson (1936-1966) - Untitled (Seven Figures)

Bob Thompson (1936-1966) Untitled (Seven Figures) oil on canvas 39 1/8 x 31 ½ in. (99.1 x 80 cm.)

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Untitled (Study of Figures in a Landscape).

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Untitled (Study of Figures in a Landscape). Brush and ink on cream wove paper, 1964. 330x406 mm; 13x16 inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. With a sketch of two figures in pencil, verso. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, New York.

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Untitled (Seated Woman Reading).

BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966) Untitled (Seated Woman Reading). Pencil on cream wove paper, 1964. 381x508 mm; 15x20 inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower left. Provenance: private collection, Michigan.

Bob Thompson (1936-1966) - Paris

Bob Thompson (1936-1966) Paris oil on canvas 19 ¾ x 24 1/8 in. (50.2 x 61.3 cm.)

BOB THOMPSON (AMERICAN, 1937-1966) UNTITLED MIXED MEDIA ON SMOOTH WOVE PAPER 9-3

Bob Thompson (American, 1937-1966) Untitled Mixed media on smooth wove paper 9-3/8 x 6-3/8 inches (23.8 x 16.2 cm) (sheet) PROVENANCE: Doyle New York, April 17, 2012, lot 17; Private collection, New York. HID04901242017

Bob THOMPSON (USA/1937-1966) Mythological scene, 1965

Bob THOMPSON (USA/1937-1966) Mythological scene, 1965 Acrylique sur papier 28 x 50 cm (à vue) Signé et daté en haut à droite Provenance : - Galerie Martha Jackson, New York - Collection privée Acrylic on paper 11 x 19 3/4 in (at sight) Signed and dated top right Provenance: -Martha Jackson Gallery, New York -Private collection