Lot 114
114
Michael Goldberg (1924-2007)
Property of The Phillip Schrager Collection
Michael Goldberg (1924-2007)

Park Avenue Façade

Details
Michael Goldberg (1924-2007)
Park Avenue Façade
signed, titled and dated 'PARK AVE FACADE goldberg 57-58' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
111½ x 107 in. (283.2 x 271.7 cm.)
Painted in 1957-1958.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the present owner, 1980
Literature
K. Kertess, The Pacesetter Corporation's Collection of Contemporary Art, vol. 1, Omaha, 1983-1986, n. p. (illustrated in color).
W. Guadagnini, K. Kertess and L. Pozzi, Michael Goldberg, Livorno, 1987, n.p. (illustrated).
A. Hassebroek, "One Huge Exhibition," Omaha World-Herald, 16 February 2003, p. 2AT.
L. K. Wolgamott, "You've just got to look at it," Lincoln Journal Star, 22 July 2007, p. 1K.
D. Stickney, "No more artful dodger," Omaha World-Herald, 1 May 2008, p. E1 (illustrated).
M. Krainak and J. Farber, "Collector Phillip Schrager," artland, 1/1, Spring 2012, p. 17 (illustrated).
Exhibited
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Reckoning with Tradition: The Art of Michael Goldberg, November-December 1984.
Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum, Michael Goldberg, February-April 2003, pp. 8, 11 and 13, pl. 1 (illustrated in color).

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Lot Essay

Phillip Schrager in 2008, looking through Antony Gormley's Feeling Material XXIII (2005) in the foreground. Michael Goldberg's Park Avenue Facade (1956-57) serves as a backdrop. Photograph by Kent Sievers.

Willem de Kooning, Easter Monday, 1955-56. Image copyright (c) The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY

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