From the archives of the Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA, Hoch LTD. presents Entirely Absurd: The Rodger LaPelle Galleries Collection II.
Rodger LaPelle and his wife Christine McGinnis first emerged on the Philadelphia art scene by establishing a fine art printing studio. Here, they employed local artists and recent PAFA and art school graduates, ultimately founding the Rodger LaPelle Galleries in 1980. Representing such artists as David Lynch, Peter Paone, Paul Wunderlich, and Tom Palmore, among many others, the gallery established a distinct presence in the Philadelphia artistic community by offering works characterized by an absurdist aesthetic, often vacillating between the darkly surreal and hilariously nonsensical. Such works transport their viewers to places unfamiliar, perhaps haunting, revealing the artists' strange and disturbing impulses.
In keeping with the unpredictable nature of the works themselves, this sale is presented without reserve.
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LOT 207:
John Thornton (American, B. 1952) The Old Sin
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John Thornton (American, B. 1952) The Old Sin
Description: A large oil on canvas depicting an interracial couple embracing, the parents of the young girl apparently shocked and outraged by the display of affection between their daughter and the African American boy.
John Thornton graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1980. While in school, Thornton focused on realism, winning the Cecilia Beaux Memorial Prize for portraiture. Continuing to explore realism following graduation, Thornton developed a new aesthetic in his Cubist Series, breaking up the picture plane and emphasizing plastic objects & color-rich spaces. His achievement earned him a solo exhibition of the Cubist Series at the Delaware Art Museum in 1989 and inclusion in the juried Contemporary Philadelphia Art Now show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He was then inspired to return to realism after being held up at gunpoint with his wife, Nancy, and painted the Crime Series, which includes the present work.
Title: The Old Sin
Subject: Figures
Type: Oil painting
Materials: Canvas
Markings & Inscriptions: Signed & dated bottom right
Date: 1998-1999
Maker: John Thornton (American, 20th C.)
Dimensions: 46" x 36".
Condition: Excellent original condition.
