Lot 680
Aviation Art, c1960s, Pop Artist Robert Dowd" Original Pencil "Stamp" Art (10x6.5") This original red/black pencil perforated "stamp" painting depicts the 1928 2c Civil Aviation stamp issued by the US government to honor the International Civil Aviation Conference held in Washington, DC of the same year. Dowd was an original member of the Pop Art movement along with Roy Liechtenstein, Andy Warhol, Wayne Thiebaud, etc. One of the first "Pop" art painting series he made of US Aviation stamps were primarily made during the 1960 period while he lived in San Francisco. In 1961, when he moved to Los Angeles, he began his Currency painting period which eventually led him to attract the attention of the FBI and J Edgar Hoover. Not needing the added problems of dealing with the FBI to those of a struggling artist, he switched back to painting stamps, but continued to do currency paintings on the side. He went on to have a long and varied career, passing away in 1996 in Los Angeles. His paintings are seldom available on the art market. The last ones we are aware of being sold were in about 1998. This piece, typical of his stamp art, is pencil-signed at lower right. Rare and highly desirable.
Estimated Value $900 - 1,250.
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