Edward (1926) Clark Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Edward (1926) Clark Art Value Price Guide

Jan. 03, 2025
EDWARD CLARK (1926-2019)
Est: $75,000 - $150,000
Abstract, 1959 Oil on canvas 72 x 48 inches. N.B. The winning bidder will have (30) days to have this examined by a recognized authority if they so choose. Artist Background: Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Edward Clark "could be credited as the architect of the shaped canvas." He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1946 to 1951, and during this time was painting in a realist and impressionist style. However, his approach changed between 1952 and 1958, when he first lived in Paris and enrolled at the Academy de la Grande Chaumiere. A major influence towards abstraction on him was Nicolas de Stael, Russian modernist painter with whom he associated in France. George Sugarman then persuaded him to return to New York to help found the Brata Gallery with Ronald Bladen, Al Held and others. Clark showed there until 1966, when he returned to France, which has remained his primary residence. He has been one of the early African American pioneers of abstract painting in the post-war era and credits his early inspirations as being the paintings of Nicolas de Stael and the music of Miles Davis and Charlie Parker, and later the gestural abstractions of Hans Hartung and Pierre Soulages. He has exhibited widely in modernist circles in New York City, Paris, Washington DC, and Japan, including the 1973 Whitney Biennial. In fall, 1998, he had a special exhibition of his work at Cinque Gallery in New York City. Commemorating his 40th anniversary of his first solo debut in New York, the exhibit combined large-scale canvases and smaller works on paper and showed his continuing commitment to abstraction. His large canvases he places on the floor and paints with a push broom, achieving a sense of pure motion.
John McInnis Auctioneers
Apr. 24, 2024
Ed Clark (American, 1926-2019) Standing Woman at the Chair, 1949-50
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
Ed Clark (American, 1926-2019) Standing Woman at the Chair, 1949-50 oil on canvas signed Clark, titled and dated (verso) 34 x 24 inches. Provenance: Acquired directly from the Artist by the present owner in 2001
Hindman
May. 12, 2023
ED CLARK (1926-2019) Moroccan Series dry pigment on paper 37 3/4 x 49 5/8 i
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
ED CLARK (1926-2019) Moroccan Series dry pigment on paper 37 3/4 x 49 5/8 in. (95.9 x 126.1 cm.)
Christie's
Oct. 06, 2021
Edward Clark American, 1926-2019 Untitled, 1973
Est: $20,000 - $40,000
Edward Clark American, 1926-2019 Untitled, 1973 Signed and dated Clark 1973 (lr), dated and inscribed IFE/AUG 20 -/LAST WORK/1973/EC33 on the reverse Pastel, pigment and graphite on paper 29 5/8 x 41 1/2 inches (75.2 x 105.4 cm) C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Dec. 10, 2020
ED CLARK (1926 - 2019 ) Untitled (Louisiana Series).
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
ED CLARK (1926 - 2019 ) Untitled (Louisiana Series). Color pastel, dry pigment and pencil on wove paper, 1978. 762x1055 mm; 30x41 1/2 inches. Signed and dated "78" in pencil, lower right. From the artist's Louisiana Series. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, Louisianan (1978).
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 22, 2020
Edward Clark Porter, Beach Notes, 1980
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Etching, Edition 22/75. Edward Clark Porter was born in 1935 and was largely influenced creatively by the 1950s. Abstract Expressionism, a form of painting that studied ideas of spirituality and the sublime, dominated the 1950s. A number of artists concentrated on the formal properties of painting, and action painting took inspiration from the political freedom of the United States, as opposed to the strict limitations of the Soviet bloc. New York City became the focus for modernism on an international scale during the Post-War period. Many artists had travelled to the city during the Second World War, fleeing in exile from Europe. This led to a substantial pooling of talent and ideas. Influential Europeans such as Piet Mondrian, Josef Albers and Hans Hoffmann provided inspiration for American artists whilst in New York, and influenced cultural growth in the United States for many subsequent decades. Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Frank Kline, Barnett Newman, Clyfford Still and Adolph Gottlieb were influential artists of this period. The male dominated environment has been subsequently revisited to recognise the contributions of female artists such as Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, and Louise Bourgeois, amongst others. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of this item go towards Island Mountain Arts (Wells, BC) (www.imarts.com).
4th Meridian Fine Art
Nov. 14, 2020
Ed Clark, 1926-2019, Paris Series, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24 inches
Est: $100,000 - $200,000
Ed Clark 1926-2019 Paris Series acrylic on canvas 2003 signed and dated verso inscribed verso, Ed Clark, Paris-03-1 Ed Clark was born in New Orleans but moved to Chicago in early childhood. He served in the US Air Force between 1944-46, and from 19471951, attended the Art Institute of Chicago on the G.I. Bill. He traveled to Paris in 1952, and continued his studies at the Lâ€™Academie de la Grande Chaumiere for two years. Clark found the style of education to be much more lax in Paris than at the AIC, but he found inspiration in acquaintances and unlimited access to great works of art. He was particularly influenced by the Russian-born painter, Nicolas de Stael, whose work Clark found to be somewhere between hard-edge and the gestural abstraction popular in post-war Paris. Clarkâ€™s work became increasingly abstract and he began working in a much larger format. In 1953, he was included in an exhibition of American artists working in France at the Galerie Craven. He was the only African American represented. He returned to New York in 1957 for a solo exhibition at the Brata Gallery in the East Village, and continued to show there through 1959, but with the emergence of Pop Art in the 60s, not much was happening for Clark in the US. He returned to Paris in 1966 for a one man show at Galerie Creuze. Since the 1960s, Clark began using a push broom to push the paint across the canvas lying on the floor. It is interesting to note that his first teacher at the AIC, Louis Ritman, introduced Clark to the work of Claude Monet, and Clark, upon first arriving in Paris, went to see Waterlilies at the MusÃ©e du Jeu de Paume, and the work had a significant effect on Clark. Clark experimented with elliptical designs and both shaped canvases and painted, draped canvases. He was concerned with freeing the image concept from the limits of the canvas. (REF: Explorations in the City of Light: African-American Artists in Paris, 1945-1965, Valerie Mercer, The Studio Museum in Harlem, 1996.) 24 x 24 inches
Black Art Auction
Nov. 14, 2020
Ed Clark, 1926-2019, Untitled (Abstract), Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 54 inches
Est: $200,000 - $300,000
Ed Clark 1926-2019 Untitled (Abstract) Acrylic on canvas 2009 Signed and dated. Dedicated verso: To Al Lavergne, 6-2-10 Ed Clark was born in New Orleans but moved to Chicago in early childhood. He served in the US Air Force between 1944-46, and from 19471951, attended the Art Institute of Chicago on the G.I. Bill. He traveled to Paris in 1952, and continued his studies at the Lâ€™Academie de la Grande Chaumiere for two years. Clark found the style of education to be much more lax in Paris than at the AIC, but he found inspiration in acquaintances and unlimited access to great works of art. He was particularly influenced by the Russian-born painter, Nicolas de Stael, whose work Clark found to be somewhere between hard-edge and the gestural abstraction popular in post-war Paris. Clarkâ€™s work became increasingly abstract and he began working in a much larger format. In 1953, he was included in an exhibition of American artists working in France at the Galerie Craven. He was the only African American represented. He returned to New York in 1957 for a solo exhibition at the Brata Gallery in the East Village, and continued to show there through 1959, but with the emergence of Pop Art in the 60s, not much was happening for Clark in the US. He returned to Paris in 1966 for a one man show at Galerie Creuze. Since the 1960s, Clark began using a push broom to push the paint across the canvas lying on the floor. It is interesting to note that his first teacher at the AIC, Louis Ritman, introduced Clark to the work of Claude Monet, and Clark, upon first arriving in Paris, went to see Waterlilies at the MusÃ©e du Jeu de Paume, and the work had a significant effect on Clark. Clark experimented with elliptical designs and both shaped canvases and painted, draped canvases. He was concerned with freeing the image concept from the limits of the canvas. (REF: Explorations in the City of Light: African-American Artists in Paris, 1945-1965, Valerie Mercer, The Studio Museum in Harlem, 1996.) 36 x 54 inches
Black Art Auction
May. 16, 2020
Ed Clark, 1926 - 2019, China Series, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 38 inches
Est: $200,000 - $300,000
Ed Clark 1926 - 2019 China Series Acrylic on canvas 2000 Signed, titled and dated N'Namdi Gallery label verso Provenance: The Collection of Dr. Dianne Whitfield-Locke and Dr. Carnell Locke, Washington, D.C. 48 x 38 inches
Black Art Auction
Nov. 13, 2019
Edward Clark Churchill Mace (1863-1928),
Est: $150 - $250
Evening (Buttress of Table Mountain) oil on board signed lower right 14cm x 20.5cm
Aalders Auctions
Nov. 07, 2018
Edward Clark American, b. 1926 Untitled, 2002
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Edward Clark American, b. 1926 Untitled, 2002 Signed Clark and dated 02 on the reverse Acrylic on canvas 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 60.96 cm) Unframed Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by a New York artist. C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Nov. 07, 2018
Edward Clark American, b. 1926 Untitled, 1994
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Edward Clark American, b. 1926 Untitled, 1994 Signed Clark and dated 94 on the reverse Acrylic on canvas 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 60.96 cm) Unframed Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by a New York artist C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Nov. 07, 2018
Edward Clark American, b. 1926 Untitled, 1994
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Edward Clark American, b. 1926 Untitled, 1994 Signed Clark and dated 94 on the reverse Acrylic on canvas 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 60.96 cm) Unframed Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by a New York artist. C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Nov. 07, 2018
Edward Clark American, b. 1926 Untitled, 1994
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Edward Clark American, b. 1926 Untitled, 1994 Signed Clark and dated 94 on the reverse Acrylic on canvas 30 x 30 inches (76.2 x 76.2 cm) Unframed Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by a New York artist. C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Oct. 20, 2018
Edward Clark dry pigment
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Edward Clark (American 1926- )- ''Summer in Paris #8''- dry pigment on paper, 1994, signed E. Clark 94 lower right, framed, very good condition. 26 x 35'' Provenance: G. R. N'Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI.
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 20, 2018
Edward Clark acrylic
Est: $30,000 - $60,000
Edward Clark (American 1926- )- Untitled- acrylic on canvas. 58 x 72''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Apr. 05, 2018
ED CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled.
Est: $60,000 - $90,000
ED CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled. Acrylic on linen canvas, 1990. 1295x1575 mm; 51x62 inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right recto. Signed, dated "Aug 1999", dedicated "To Danny" and inscribed "Acrylic Medium, Painted 1990, 51" x 62" inches, Untitled" in pencil, verso. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, Philadelphia (1999). This dynamic and beautiful canvas by Ed Clark is the largest painting by the artist to come to auction. It dates from his 1990 New York series - other works from this mid-career period were included in his submission of the Joan Mitchell Foundation grant. Clark's painting from this period displays some of his most daring brushwork - focusing on the gesture, Clark vigorously pushes paint across the canvas on the floor, and pushes the expressiveness of his abstraction to its limits. Inspired by a visit to Jack Whitten in Crete in 1971, Ed Clark began to travel to various foreign countries to paint - including Nigeria, Martinique, Bahia and Morocco - through the 1980s. Kellie Jones wrote in 1990 for the exhibiton Art Space catalogue - "The artist's travels to parts of the world have, in a sense, kept his work fresh and consistently exciting. Each trip has inspired a change or variation in color, materials, and approach to two-dimensional space. The resulting series of paintings records the memory of experience and translates it into the language of gesture." Between 1989 and 1991, Clark exhibited internationally at Gallery Kesser-Bohbot, Hamburg, Germany, Galerie Resche, Paris, France, Spiral Gallery, Brooklyn, Isobel Neal Gallery, Chicago, FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris, France, and G.R. N'Namdi Gallery, Birmingham, MI. His subsequent series include Paris from 1993-1995 and Egypt in 1998.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 05, 2018
ED CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled.
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
ED CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled. Acrylic on cotton canvas, 1990. 762x762 mm; 30x30 inches. Signed and dated in ink, verso. Provenance: G. R. N'Namdi Gallery, Birmingham, MI, with the label on the frame back; private collection, California.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 05, 2018
ED CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled.
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
ED CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled. Color pastels, pigment and pencil on cream wove paper, 1971. 749x1048 mm; 29 1/2x41 1/4 inches. Signed, dated and inscribed "Paris" in pencil, lower left. Provenance: the estate of Anthony Vlahakis; private collection, Florida. Artist Anthony Vlahakis and Ed Clark both studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris - they presumably met when Clark attended from 1952-53.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 06, 2016
ED CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled.
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
ED CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled. Acrylic on cotton canvas, 1994. 553x686 mm; 21 3/4x27 inches. Signed and dated in graphite, center verso. Provenance: Bill Hodges Gallery, New York; private collection.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 06, 2016
ED CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ED CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled. Color pastels, pigment and pencil on cream wove paper, 1978-79. 762x1055 mm; 30x41 1/2 inches. Signed and dated "78-79" in pencil, lower right. From the artist's 1978 Louisiana Series. Provenance: private collection, New York.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 07, 2016
Edward Clark Churchill Mace (South African 1863-1928) TWELVE APOSTLES signed oil on canvas 37 by 70c
Est: R4,000 - R6,000
Edward Clark Churchill Mace (South African 1863-1928) TWELVE APOSTLES signed oil on canvas 37 by 70cm
Stephan Welz & Co
Jan. 17, 2016
Photograph, Edward Clark
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Edward Clark (American, 1912-2000), "Franklin Delano Roosevelt Funeral, Warm Springs, Georgia (1945)," gelatin silver print, reprint (1982), signed lower right, also signed by Graham Jackson, titled lower left, image: 9"h x 13"w, overall (with frame): 18.75"h x 21.5"w. Note: This is one of only ten prints signed by Graham Jackson, the subject of the photograph (figure playing accordion).
Clars Auctions
Dec. 15, 2015
EDWARD CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
EDWARD CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled. Color pastels, pigment and pencil on cream wove paper, 1978-79. 762x1055 mm; 30x41 1/2 inches. Signed and dated "78-79" in pencil, lower right. From the artist's 1978 Louisiana Series.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 02, 2015
EDWARD CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
EDWARD CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled. Color pastels, pigment and pencil on cream wove paper, 1978. 762x1055 mm; 30x41 1/2 inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, New York (1980). From the artist's 1978 Louisiana Series.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 25, 2015
Edward Clark Churchill Mace (1863-1928) British. "Evening", Buttress of Table Mountain, from Kloof Road, Cape Town, Oil
Est: £100 - £200
Edward Clark Churchill Mace (1863-1928) British. "Evening", Buttress of Table Mountain, from Kloof Road, Cape Town, Oil on Board, Signed, 6" x 8.5".
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Dec. 17, 2014
Edward Clark Churchill Mace (1863-1928) British. "Evening", Buttress of Table Mountain, from Kloof R
Est: £200 - £300
Edward Clark Churchill Mace (1863-1928) British. "Evening", Buttress of Table Mountain, from Kloof Road, Cape Town, Oil on Board, Signed, 6" x 8.5".
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Sep. 24, 2014
Edward Clark Churchill Mace (1863-1928) British.
Est: £300 - £400
Edward Clark Churchill Mace (1863-1928) British. "Evening", Buttress of Table Mountain, from Kloof Road, Cape Town, Oil on Board, Signed, 6" x 8.5".
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Dec. 13, 2011
Edward Clark Churchill Mace, British 1863-1928- A
Est: £300 - £500
Edward Clark Churchill Mace, British 1863-1928- A Farm near Drakensberg Park, SA ; oil on board, signed, 23x26cm
Roseberys
Oct. 06, 2011
EDWARD CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled.
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
EDWARD CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled. Color pigment and pastel on wove paper, 1984. 965x1270 mm; 38x50 inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. Provenance: the estate of J. Bruce Llewellyn, New York.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 06, 2011
EDWARD CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled.
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
EDWARD CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled. Color pigment and pastel on wove paper, 1986. 813x1041 mm; 32x41 inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. Provenance: the estate of J. Bruce Llewellyn, New York.
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 07, 2010
Edward Clark Churchill Mace (British/South African, 1863-1928) 'Morning. From Wymberg Hill Towards Muizenberg' 16.5 x 24.5cm.
Est: £300 - £500
'Morning. From Wymberg Hill Towards Muizenberg' Signed 'Churchill Mace', titled on frame Oil on board 16.5 x 24.5cm.
Bonhams
Dec. 09, 2009
Edward Clark Churchill Mace 1863- 1928
Est: £100 - £200
Edward Clark Churchill Mace 1863- 1928 Table Mountain, Cape Town oil on board h:11 w:14 in.
Ewbank's
Jun. 02, 2009
Edward Clark Churchill Mace (1863-1928) Devils
Est: £300 - £500
Edward Clark Churchill Mace (1863-1928) Devils Peak, Cape Town, South Africa Oil on board Signed lower right Inscribed on reverse 35cm x 60cm No visible damage, may benefit from a light clean
Dreweatts 1759
Jun. 04, 2008
Edward Clark Churchill Mace (1863-1928) Devils
Est: £300 - £500
Edward Clark Churchill Mace (1863-1928) Devils Peak, Cape Town, South AfricaOil on board Signed lower rightInscribed on reverse 35cm x 60cm
Dreweatts 1759
Feb. 19, 2008
ED CLARK (1926 - ) Life Light.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
ED CLARK (1926 - ) Life Light. Etching printed in tan on thick, soft wove paper, circa 1975. 580x755 mm; 23x29 1/2 inches, wide (full ?) margins. Artist's proof. Signed and dedicated to "Bob Blackburn" in pencil, smudged, lower margin. Marginal creases and staining.
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 23, 2007
Edward Clark Churchill Mace (1863-1928)
Est: £500 - £800
Evening Glow, Table Mountain signed 'Churchill Mace' l.l. oil on board 28 x 56 cm. (11 x 22 in.)
Bonhams
Feb. 06, 2007
ED CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled (Taos, New Mexico).
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
ED CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled (Taos, New Mexico). Oil and pigment on cotton canvas, 1983-86. 965x1270 mm; 38x50 inches. Signed, dated and inscribed "Taos Series" in oil, upper left verso. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist; private New Jersey collection.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 06, 2007
ED CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled (Taos, New Mexico).
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
ED CLARK (1926 - ) Untitled (Taos, New Mexico). Color pigment and pastel with wash on thick wove paper, 1982. 965x1270 mm; 38x50 inches. Signed, dated and inscribed "Taos, New Mexico" in pencil, lower right. Ex-collection: Randall Galleries, New York; private Pennslyvania collection. The artist''s Taos Series was exhibited first at Randall Galleries, New York, October 19 - November 5, 1983. Ed Clark has been an international figure in post-war abstract painting . Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1946 to 1951, and in 1952 at the Academy de la Grande ChaumiÃ¨re in Paris, where he lived until 1958. George Sugarman then persuaded him to return to New York to help found the Brata Gallery with Ronald Bladen, Al Held and others. Clark showed there until 1966, when he returned to France for three more years. He has acknowledged the influence of the paintings of Nicolas de Stael and the music of Miles Davis and Charlie Parker, and later the gestural abstractions of Hans Hartung and Pierre Soulages. He has exhibited widely in New York, including the 1973 Whitney Biennial, and in Paris, Washington DC, and Japan.
Swann Auction Galleries