63198: JOHN GRILLO Forces # 4 Oil on canvas 41-3/4 x 50 Start Price USD 20,000.00 Current Price USD 35,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 9 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, November 20, 2008 End Time Thursday, November 20, 2008 Location Heritage Auction Galleries See more about '63198: JOHN GRILLO Forces # 4 Oil on canvas 41-3/4 x 50' Description click for larger image63198: JOHN GRILLO Forces # 4 Oil on canvas 41-3/4 x 50 JOHN GRILLO (American, b. 1917)Forces # 4, 1961Oil on canvas41-3/4 x 50 inches (106.0 x 127 cm)Signed and dated lower right: Grillo / 61PROVENANCE:Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York;Private collection, New York.Born in 1917, Grillo was an architect of the Post-War Abstract Expressionist movement on the West Coast. His explosive action paintings are rich in color and movement. In 2001, Grillo said, "Abstract painting is on a level with music. It's a physical outburst from your whole being. It's not the idea that is created and then you start painting. It's always a challenge to shape something from nothing, to do the impossible."During World War II, Grillo enlisted in the Navy and was sent to Okinawa, where he remained until it ended in 1946. Under the GI Bill, he enrolled in the San Francisco School of Fine Arts where he studied with Richard Diebenkorn, Clyfford Still, Frank Lobdell, Jorge Goya, Edward Dugmore, and Mark Rothko.In 1948, Grillo left San Francisco for New York and enrolled in the Hans Hoffmann School of Arts. There he initially worked in watercolors and progressed to oils on canvas. Inspired by Hoffmann's love of color, Grillo developed a brighter palette with an emphasis on yellow. Donald Judd reviewed a 1960 exhibition and noted, "all the paintings in this exhibition are yellow and have the splendor of sunlight." Forces #4, from the same period, consists of circular and rectangular shapes dispersed throughout a yellow field of color. Some of the shapes appear to be resting on top, some appear to be cutting across it, and some appear to be emerging from underneath, resulting in a chaotic sense of movement. Condition Report: Original canvas, some cracking to the paint in lower left corner with approximately 1 x 1/2 inch loss, some mold on upper right  and left areas of canvas, otherwise good condition. two horizontal cracks approximately 7 inches in length above blue circle, two vertical cracks approximately six inches in length along right edge, could benefit from a light clean, rich colors, thick impasto, and otherwise good condition.  Simple thin wooden frame.Alternate Artist Spellings: "Grillo, John", "John Grillo"Shipping: Requires 3rd Party Shipping (view shipping information)Important notice: Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 100-110 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. 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