Tuesday, December 24, 2019

UNTITLED 1986

As a Christmas gift to myself, I made a bid on one of KIPP's paintings at the website - Chairish - and the seller accepted my offer. I thought it would take up to 6 weeks to arrive but it showed up on my doorstep today, Christmas Eve 2019.
It is proudly hung in my home office and joins two other maquettes, RED WING and ALTO, in my small KIPP collection.
Hopefully, this will not be the last one!
Merry Christmas.

Friday, April 19, 2019

OXTAIL

Wright Auctions is listing OXTAIL from the collection of Robert and Ruth Vogele. They purchased this one from the Construct Gallery in Chicago in the late 70s. Although it is small, it looks great.
In other news, there was an inquiry into HIGHLINE just outside the Van Nuys Post Office. Possible renovations to a barren plaza but there is a clean modern quality that is ripe for a little sprucing up. The original design was totally horizontal - the maquette is in the Smithsonian collection - I am glad KIPP decided to go vertical here.

Friday, February 8, 2019

DUNBAR

Hunter Museum of Art has a nice image of DUNBAR (1980). Nice to finally see this piece in public even if it is not currently on view.