Abstract composition

Details

Gerald Coarding (American, 1911-1986)
Abstract composition
signed and dated 'Coarding/55' (lower left)
oil on canvas, unframed
101 x 66 cm.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Coarding was taught by Hans Hofmann in New York. A soldier in Europe during W.W. II he settled in Paris after 1945 and participated in several group-exhibitions of the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles in Paris.

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