American Modernist Abstract Expressionist "Hard Edged" Oil on Canvas Painting by Budd Hopkins, 1967 Drawings & Prints the vessel stands on a

the vessel stands on a circular raised foot

The painting is of large size and is very finely painted

the sides of the cabinet are canted & have carved & reticulated brackets

Each vase is draped with a cherub

who loved to travel

American Modernist Abstract Expressionist "Hard Edged" Oil on Canvas Painting by Budd Hopkins, 1967 Drawings & Prints the vessel stands on aNew York Abstract Expressionist oil on canvass painting, by Budd Hopkins (1931 2011), signed and dated 1967. Hopkins' career spanned over five decades, serving as a bridge between the raw emotion of early mid century abstraction and the clean precision of later movements. Arriving in New York in 1953, Hopkins befriended prominent artists like Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, and Franz Kline. Hopkins was very much a key figure of New Yorks initial wave