PETER FREEMAN, INC. 140 GRAND STREET, NEW YORK www.peterfreemaninc.com FOUR CENTURIES OF TROMPE L OEIL David Adamo, Victor Dubreuil, De Scott Evans, Gaspard Gresly, John Haberle Josephine Halvorson, Alex Hay, Charles LeDray, Roy Lichtenstein, John Frederick Peto Gerhard Richter, Bartolomeo Sampellegrini da Piacenza, François-Xavier Vispré Andy Warhol, & Rachel Whiteread TEFAF NEW YORK SPRING 2018 3 8 May 2018 STAND 26 PARK AVENUE ARMORY, NEW YORK
FOUR CENTURIES OF TROMPE L OEIL Peter Freeman, Inc. is pleased to present for TEFAF New York Spring 2018 a thematic exhibition on the tradition of trompe l oeil. French, German, Italian, and American works from the past three centuries will be on view, as well as contemporary works from this century that extend this important tradition while pushing the genre s intellectual and playful possibilities. Among the eighteenth-century works on view is a 1736 watercolor by Italian artist Bartolomeo Sampellegrini da Piacenza (known to be court painter to Naples at the time, but his birth and death dates are not known), depicting engraved views of Ancient Roman ruins but referencing contemporary politics. Another early work we will show is by French artist Gaspard Gresly (1712-1756), a painting of an engraving after a seventeenth-century Dutch painting, secured to a panel of wood with wax seals. Representing two-dimensional objects in layers, and also painting fasteners nails, hooks, or as here, wax seals, are classic devices of trompe l oeil (a deception of the eye ), devised to bring the entire work seemingly into the real space of the viewer. American painters such as John Haberle (1856-1933) and John F. Peto (1854-1907) later elaborated upon this (works by both are included in this presentation). They and their contemporaries made this, in fact, a particularly American genre in the nineteenth century, the legacy of which carried on through the twentieth century and can be felt most powerfully in American Pop Art: Things on a Wall, 1973, by Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) for instance, a major painting that specifically references Peto, will be on view. While the tradition of trompe l oeil technically belongs to painting, contemporary artists have carried the notion into sculpture: a group of four commercial cardboard boxes by Andy Warhol (1928-1987), and a cast bronze cardboard wine box by Rachel Whiteread (b. 1963) are among the sculptural examples that we will feature. Also in that vein is a recreation of the game of Jack Straws, each tiny piece painstakingly carved from bone by Charles LeDray (b. 1960). For reproduction requests and general inquiries, please contact the gallery at +1 212 966 5154 or info@peterfreemaninc.com.
DAVID ADAMO Untitled (donut Q) 2017 acrylic on cast bronze 1 1/8 x 3 7/16 x 3 7/16 inches (3 x 8.7 x 8.7 cm) unique PF4585
DAVID ADAMO Untitled (eggs 4) 2017 acrylic and enamel on canvas 23 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches (60 x 50 cm) PF4929
VICTOR DUBREUIL (1842- c. 1900) News of All the World c. 1892 oil on canvas 24 x 32 inches (61 x 81.3 cm) PF5044
GASPARD GRESLY (1712-1756) Trompe-l Oeil with an Engraving after Gerrit van Honthorst Sealed on a Wooden Board c. 1740-1750 oil on canvas 25 5/8 x 21 1/4 inches (65 x 54 cm) PF5078
JOSEPHINE HALVORSON Woodshed Window (April 2018) 2018 oil on linen 37 x 29 1/2 inches (94 x 74.9 cm) PF5088
ALEX HAY Raw Wood 2004 spray acrylic and stencil on linen 57 1/4 x 42 1/2 inches (145.4 x 108 cm) PF0697
CHARLES LEDRAY Jack Straws 2015-16 human bone dimensions vary cement base: 24 5/8 x 24 5/8 x 3/8 inches (62.5 x 62.5 x 1 cm) PF4880
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997) Things on the Wall 1973 oil and magna on canvas 60 x 74 inches (152.4 x 188 cm) PF5045
JOHN FREDERICK PETO (1854-1907) Artist s Palette with Pipe and Pouch c. 1890-95 oil on shaped panel 9 x 6 1/4 inches (22.9 x 15.9 cm) PF4793
GERHARD RICHTER Untitled 1967 oil on found framed mirror 12 5/8 x 14 7/8 x 1 1/8 inches (32.1 x 37.8 x 2.9 cm) PF0591
BARTOLOMEO SAMPELLEGRINI DA PIACENZA (active 1730s) Trompe-l oeil with engraved views of Rome scattered on a bronze Latin epigraph 1736 pen, black ink, and watercolor on paper 21 5/8 x 16 3/4 inches (55 x 42.5 cm) PF4947
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987) Brillo Soap Pads Box 1964 [March-April] silkscreen ink and house paint on plywood 17 x 17 x 14 inches (43.2 x 43.2 x 35.6 cm) PF5090
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987) Campbell s Tomato Juice Box 1964 [April] silkscreen ink and house paint on plywood 10 x 19 x 9 7/8 inches (25.4 x 48.3 x 25.1 cm) PF5091
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987) Del Monte Peach Halves Box 1964 [March-April] silkscreen ink and house paint on plywood 9 1/2 x 15 x 12 inches (24.1 x 38.1 x 30.5 cm) PF5089
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987) Heinz Tomato Ketchup Box 1964 [March-April] silkscreen ink and house paint on plywood 8 1/2 x 15 x 10 1/2 inches (21.6 x 38.1 x 26.7 cm) PF5092
RACHEL WHITEREAD White Box 2006 cast bronze with white patina 12 x 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 x 31.8 cm) cast number 1/3 PF5067