JON SCHUELER (AMERICAN 1916-1992),
"W/C 139", UNTITLED, (Romasaig, Scotland, June 1973)
watercolour on paper, signed and dated '73, titled label verso
image size 26cm x 36cm, overall size 45.5cm x 54cm
Mounted, framed and under glass.
Handwritten artist's label verso.
Provenance: The authenticity of this lot has been confirmed by Magda Salvesen, Curator of The Jon Schueler Estate (New York, USA) who confirms "w/c 139" (the Estate inventory reference) and that this picture was exhibited: 1973 Exhibited in Jon Schueler: The Sound of Sleat. An Exhibition of Paintings Arranged by Richard Nathanson at the Edinburgh College of Art and 1975 Exhibited: Paintings by Jon Schueler at The Pitlochry Festival Theatre Gallery.
Note: Jon Schueler (September 12, 1916 – August 5, 1992), was an American painter known for his abstract compositions which evoke nature. Recognized first as a second-generation Abstract Expressionist he lived in New York City and in Mallaig, Scotland, inspired by the dramatic skies over the Sound of Sleat. His work is included in international collections such as the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Edinburgh), Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), and the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra). In 1975 Whitney Museum of American Art director John I. H. Baur described Schueler's distinctive style: "We see his paintings one minute as clouds and sea and islands, the next as swirling arrangements of pure color and light. And they shift back and forth in our vision from one pole to the other, amassing richness from both." In 2006, at the time of solo exhibitions of his work in Edinburgh and New York, art reviewer Janet McKenzie wrote of "his remarkable commitment and development as a mature painter, abstract, yet inspired by natural phenomena." Schueler himself wrote: "When I speak of nature, I’m speaking of the sky, because in many ways the sky became nature to me. And when I think of the sky, I think of the Scottish sky over Mallaig. Jon Schueler's work is held in the collections of more than sixty public museums and galleries in the US and UK. More information available at jonschueler.com .

Condition Report
Condition is good overall, with no signs of damage or restoration