Red Tondo, 1979; Serigraph on BFK Rives Paper; Signed Ilya Bolotowsky in pencil lower right and numbered 16/225 in pencil lower left; Framed with an acid free mat, black wood exterior frame, and UV conservation clear glass.
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Ilya Bolotowsky was born to Jewish parents in St. Petersburg, Russia on July 1, 1907. He was mentored by the famous Dutch painter Piet Mondrian who had created the art movement neoplasticism; a belief in the possibility of ideal order in the visual arts. Bolotowsky was quick to adopt Mondrian's use of horizontal and vertical geometric pattern as well as his use of primary colors supported by neutrals. He immigrated to the US and settled in New York in 1923. He was one of the first artists to work in hard edge geometric abstraction and he also taught at the famed Black Mountain College from 1946 to 1948. One of his most famous students was Kenneth Noland.
Yellow Square, 1979; Serigraph on BFK Rives Paper; Signed Ilya Bolotowsky in pencil lower right and numbered 16/225 in pencil lower left; Framed with an acid free mat, black wood exterior frame, and UV conservation clear glass.
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Ilya Bolotowsky is a very good artist for a number of reasons. His choice and use of color is exceptional. Light values of colors are chosen very specifically, and the juxtaposition of one color to another creates very powerful effects; that cause the eyes of the viewer to move about the art in a very specific way. Structure is also critical with geometric patterns as the work can fall very quickly unless it is balanced and controlled, not just with color but with form. Bolotowsky focuses on the use of primary colors red, blue and yellow and their varying light values. White and black are critical to the compositions because of the need for symmetry; and the use of thick or thin in order to achieve compartmentalization of color fields. He also has a wonderful skill of harmonization of his works through the use of soft neutrals. The resulting compositions are absolutely breathtaking, and they integrate into any environment.
Blue Diamond, 1979; Serigraph on BFK Rives Paper; Signed Ilya Bolotowsky in pencil lower right and numbered 16/225 in pencil lower left; Framed with an acid free mat, black wood exterior frame, and UV conservation clear glass.
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When I was showing art several years ago at the Palm Beach Art Fair, I had with me a wonderful work by Bolotowsky. A gentleman came into my booth and pointed to the Bolotowsky and said, "Ilya Bolotowsky, I knew him when he lived in New York. When I was younger I used to deliver vodka to him in his apartment building. It was one of those old buildings with the elevator that, once you entered or exited, you had to pull the large metal door behind you. I was forever reaching Ilya's apartment and finding that he had left his elevator door open, and I told him 'Ilya, you are going to get drunk one day and fall down this elevator shaft if you do not remember to close this door!' Well, that is exactly how he died."
Pink Diamond, 1979; Serigraph on BFK Rives Paper; Signed Ilya Bolotowsky in pencil lower right and numbered 16/225 in pencil lower left; Framed with an acid free mat, black wood exterior frame, and UV conservation clear glass.
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A recent well reported news report occurred here in North Carolina. A Bolotowsky painting bought at a North Carolina Goodwill store for only $9.99 was eventually auctioned at Sotheby's in September 2012 for $34,375!
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