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  • Paul Jenkins

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    A prominent figure in American Abstraction, Paul Jenkins secured himself as a lasting name in the fine art world through his stunningly nonfigurative works, whether in his poured oils on canvas or his delicate yet pungent color prints. While his works lack in representation, an experimental spirit and his embrace of chance, what he called ‘Phenomena’, carried throughout any medium he touched, providing for brilliant creations that transcend the notion of painting as well as graphic conventions. Paul Jenkins (American, 1923–2012) Born in Missouri in 1923, Paul Jenkins grew up wanting to be artist and on the weekends would work at a ceramics factory, where watching the master mold-maker’s handling of shape and color, he said, had a profound effect on his ideas about painting. During this time Jenkins achieved international prominence for his early abstractions due to his method of abstraction which is a tactile, chance-driven method of painting that privileged almost every technique over brushwork. His first solo exhibition in New York was in 1956 with the Martha Jackson Gallery, a leading gallery of the time, and with the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York purchasing a painting from the exhibition success followed. In 1959, Peggy Guggenheim purchased a Paul Jenkins painting from the artist’s studio in Paris further cementing his status. Listings wanted.

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Phenomena Visor Star 1981 37x41 Huge Original Painting - Paul Jenkins

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena Visor Star 1981 37x41 Huge

Original Painting: Acrylic on Canvas, Hand Signed

Size: 36x40 in  | 91x102 cm
🔥Major Acrylic on Canvas - 10 Watchers - Blue Chip
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Untitled Silkscreen  AP 1967 Limited Edition Print - Paul Jenkins

Paul Jenkins

Untitled Silkscreen AP 1967

Limited Edition Print: Silkscreen, Hand Signed, Artist Proof

Size: 20x28 in  | 51x71 cm
🔥1967 Limited Edition Silkscreen - 9 Watchers - a Steal - Inquire - 9 Watchers - Blue Chip Abstract Expressionist
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Phenomena Katherine Wheel 1969 Limited Edition Print - Paul Jenkins

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena Katherine Wheel 1969

Limited Edition Print: Serigraph, Hand Signed, From the edition of 300

Size: 30x27 in  | 76x69 cm
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Phenomena Salome Slope Watercolor 1973 30x23 Watercolor - Paul Jenkins

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena Salome Slope Watercolor 1973 30x23

Watercolor: , Hand Signed

Size: 30x23 in  | 76x57 cm
🔥Framed Signed Original Watercolor - Blue Chip
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Celestial Wink Watercolor 1970 14x22 Watercolor - Paul Jenkins

Paul Jenkins

Celestial Wink Watercolor 1970 14x22

Watercolor: Watercolor on Paper, Hand Signed

Size: 15x23 in  | 37x57 cm
🔥Framed 1970 Watercolor - Inquire - 4 Watchers - Blue Chip
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Phenomena Tibetan Ladder AP 1980 Limited Edition Print - Paul Jenkins

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena Tibetan Ladder AP 1980

Limited Edition Print: Rare Artist Proof Lithograph on Wove Paper With Deckle Edge, Hand Signed, Artist Proof

Size: 40x30 in  | 102x76 cm
🔥Abstract Artist Proof - Blue Chip $3,500
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Untitled EA Limited Edition Print - Paul Jenkins

Paul Jenkins

Untitled EA

Limited Edition Print: , Hand Signed, From the Edition of EA 30

Size: 15x11 in  | 38x28 cm
Hand Signed Limited Edition Print - Blue Chip $2,795
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Phenomen Parclinal Imperative Watercolor 1982 31x43 - Inquire Watercolor - Paul Jenkins

Paul Jenkins

Phenomen Parclinal Imperative Watercolor 1982 31x43 - Inquire

Watercolor: Watercolor, Hand Signed

Size: 31x43 in  | 79x109 cm
🔥Fabulous 1982 Watercolor - Inquire - Blue Chip
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Light Graphic 1972 - Huge Limited Edition Print - Paul Jenkins NEW

Paul Jenkins

Light Graphic 1972 - Huge

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Rag Paper, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 300

Size: 39x59 in  | 98x149 cm
🔥Huge 1972 Limited Edition Lithograph - Inquire - A Real Steal - Blue Chip
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Phenomena Shaman Turn 1987 52x39 Huge Original Painting - Paul Jenkins

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena Shaman Turn 1987 52x39 Huge

Original Painting: Acrylic on Canvas, Hand Signed

Size: 51x38 in  | 130x97 cm
🔥Exceptional Value - Framed Acrylic on Canvas - Blue Chip
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Any works on canvasOriginal Painting: Lithos or monotypes

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Early PaintingsOriginal Painting: Oil on Canvas

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Original Oils on CanvasWorks on Paper (not prints): Limited Edition Prints

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