Take Five

Details

GARY ERBE (B. 1944)
Take Five
signed and dated 'Erbe./©1982' (lower left)—signed again 'Erbe' (on the trombone at upper left)—signed again, dated and inscribed with title '1981-82 Gary T. Erbe' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
64 x 54 in. (162.6 x 137.2 cm.)
Painted in 1981-82.

Provenance

Alexander Gallery, New York.
Manoogian Collection, Taylor, Michigan, acquired from the above, 1982.
Jonathan Boos, LLC, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2016.

Literature

H.L. Seggerman, "Gary T. Erbe," Arts Magazine, vol. LVII, no. 4, December 1982, p. 13, illustrated.
"Meet Gary Erbe," VoyageChicago.com, September 11, 2018, illustrated.
C. Lowrey, G. Erbe, Gary Erbe: Magical World, exhibition catalogue, Youngstown, Ohio, 2026, p. 49, illustrated.

Exhibited

New York, Alexander Gallery, Gary Erbe: Trompe L'Oeil Paintings and Dimensional Compositions, May 19-June 19, 1982.
Trenton, New Jersey, New Jersey State Museum, Gary Erbe: Trompe L'Oeil Paintings and Dimensional Compositions, June 10-August 28, 1983.
(Probably) Youngstown, Ohio, Butler Institute of American Art; Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Sordon Art Gallery; New York, Alexander Gallery, Gary Erbe: An American Tradition Continues, April 28-September 26, 1985.
Montclair, New Jersey, Montclair Art Museum; Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland Museum; Canton, Ohio, Canton Art Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Woodemere Art Museum, Works of Gary Erbe, January 31-November 6, 1988.
New Britain, Connecticut, New Britain Museum of American Art; Youngstown, Ohio, Butler Institute of American Art; Doylestown, Pennsylvania, James A. Michener Art Museum; Boca Raton, Florida, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Gary T. Erbe: 25 Years in Retrospect, January 21-December 10, 1995.
Springfield, Missouri, Springfield Art Museum, Gary Erbe: Paintings, September 18-November 14, 1999.
(Probably) New York, National Arts Club, Gary Erbe, Beneath the Surface: Paintings, Collages and Drawings, May 2-25, 2000.
Vero Beach, Florida, Vero Beach Museum of Art, The Reality of Things: Trompe L'Oeil in America, February 3-May 6, 2007, p. 76, no. 18.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque Museum of Art; Youngstown, Ohio, Butler Institute of American Art; New York, Salmagundi Club; Boca Raton, Florida, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Gary T. Erbe: 40 Year Retrospective, December 21, 2008-November 8, 2009.
Canton, Ohio, Canton Museum of Art, The Mystery and Magic: The Trompe L'Oeil Vision of Gary T. Erbe, April 24-July 19, 2015.
Youngstown, Ohio, Butler Institute of American Art; Big Horn, Wyoming, Brinton Museum; Reading, Pennsylvania, Reading Museum; Island Heights, New Jersey, John F. Peto Studio Museum, Gary Erbe: 50 Year Retrospective, May 14, 2017-December 16, 2018, pp. 87, 90, 92, no. 4.6, back cover illustration.

Further details

The present work is accompanied by a letter from the artist.

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Lot Essay

Of this work, the artist notes, "Paintings such as...“Take Five”...created in 1982 are important transitional works. I became focused on combining flat space forms that are enhanced by shadow, light and color. There will always be elements of Trompe l’oeil in my work, however I have more of an interest in fooling the eye in favor of stimulating the mind." ("Meet Gary Erbe," VoyageChicago.com, September 11, 2018)

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