Ralph Goings (b. 1928)

Sizzle Kitchen

Details

Ralph Goings (b. 1928)
Sizzle Kitchen
signed and dated 'Ralph Goings 1971' (lower right); signed and dated again 'Ralph Goings Jan. 1971' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1971.

Provenance

O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

L. Meisel, Photorealism, New York, 1980, p. 282, no. 590 (illustrated in color).
L. Chase, Ralph Goings, New York, 1988, p. 28, no. 22 (illustrated).
C. Schwartz, "In Sharp Focus: Super-Realism," Sun Storm Arts Magazine, April 1991, p. 29 (illustrated in color).

Exhibited

Milwaukee Art Center Museum, Directions 3: Eight Artists, June-August 1971 (illustrated).
Hamburg, Kunstverein; Hanover, Kunstverein; Cologne, Kunstverein and Stuttgart, Kunstverein, USA West Coast, 1971.
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, New/Photo Realism: Painting and Sculpture of the 1970s, April-May 1974, pp. 16 and 34 (illustrated).
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, In Sharp Focus: Super-Realism, April-July 1991, pp. 55 and 91 (illustrated).
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Long Island Collects, May-August 2002, pp. 66 and 73 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

"Reality is possessed of a visual order and logic at once more dynamic and more subtle than any vista I can contrive. I try to perceive this splendor as objectively as possible and render it with believable authenticity. Realist painting provides an occasion to visually savor reality." -Ralph Goings

Sizzle Kitchen

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