In the Studio with Ilya Bolotowsky
During a visit to the artist's New York studio in 1976, Robert Vogele snapped a photo of Bolotowsky at his workbench with the present lot and posed for a photo of the two of them together.
Ilya Bolotowsky 1907–1981
Ilya Bolotowsky was a prominent figure of American abstract painting who dedicated his artistic outputs to finding “ideal harmony and order.” He immigrated to New York from Russia in 1923 and enrolled at the National Academy of Design from 1924 to 1930 where he met Adolph Gottlieb and Mark Rothko. He later joined "The Ten", a leading group of avant-garde artists, and became a founding member of the American Abstract Artists in 1936. Bolotowsky’s body of work centers on geometric, nonobjective forms executed in grid-like arrangements. The focal point is the relationships between primary colors created on unusually shaped canvases. His main artistic influences can be linked to Cubism, the works of Joan Miró and Kasimir Malevich, and the De Stijl principles of Piet Mondrian.
Auction Results Ilya Bolotowsky
Ilya Bolotowsky
Golden Tondo
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $42,500
Ilya Bolotowsky
Large White on White Tondo
estimate: $30,000–50,000
result: $37,500
Ilya Bolotowsky
untitled
estimate: $40,000–50,000
result: $35,000
Ilya Bolotowsky
Rising Tondo
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $33,750
Ilya Bolotowsky
Red Tondo with Blue, Yellow and White
estimate: $9,000–12,000
result: $25,000
Ilya Bolotowsky
Untitled (Column)
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $25,000
Ilya Bolotowsky
untitled
estimate: $6,000–8,000
result: $22,230
Ilya Bolotowsky
Two 'L' Column
estimate: $9,000–12,000
result: $16,800
Ilya Bolotowsky
Yellow Tondo
estimate: $12,000–15,000
result: $16,250
Ilya Bolotowsky
Tondo in Blacks
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $10,625
Ilya Bolotowsky
Black, Blue and Red Horizontal
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $10,530
Ilya Bolotowsky
Untitled (Column)
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $10,000
Ilya Bolotowsky
Blue Tondo
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $9,440
Ilya Bolotowsky
Red Ellipse
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $9,440
Ilya Bolotowsky
untitled (Tondo)
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $7,080
Ilya Bolotowsky
study for Williamsburg Housing Project mural
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $4,600