American Modernist Abstract Expressionist "Hard Edged" Oil on Canvas Painting by Budd Hopkins, 1967 Sold large eyes

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the naja is bordered with silver 'rope-twist' decoration

he visited Tunisia with painter Abdul Wahab

the Soyer foundry first cast a bronze version in 1824 and exhibited the bronze in that year

American Modernist Abstract Expressionist "Hard Edged" Oil on Canvas Painting by Budd Hopkins, 1967 Sold large eyesNew 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