Lot 324: Print, Mother and Child, MacWhinnie, 1980

The lithograph is marked, "4/6" in the bottom left and signed, "MacWhinnie '80" on the bottom left. It has been mounted on poster board and protected with plastic.

41.0 x 29.5"

Ink, Paper

1980

No noticed damage to the print.

Born in Rockville Centre, NY, John Vincent MacWhinnie has lived in the Hamptons for many years. His mother ran an art and antiques gallery in Bridgehampton and his brother Morgan is a noted Americana dealer in Southampton. The artist studied painting with Willem Dekooning, Fairfield Porter, Ilya Bolotowsky & Larry Rivers. His first One man show was at Southampton College in 1966. In 1969, he had his first two one man shows in New York City and his third in Southampton. His most recent was at the Parrish Museum focusing on his Vent series. Around 1980, he turned his focus from art to family and real estate, still painting regular commissions, but concentrating on what was then a more rural life in the Hamptons. His work took a zen turn and he created a successful series of Ventï paintings, most of which were sold to private collectors. His work continued to be exhibited in more local venues where he enjoyed the success that came with a local reputation in a very wealthy summer colony. In his drawings, John MacWhinnie's touch looks both fast and careful. As passages of light and dark gray build themselves into volumes, the surface takes on a lively filicker. Lots of paper shows through, so white advances constantly twoard the eye, flattening volumetric forma and working against illusions of space. Space resists: MacWhinnie's flickering grays lead into depth and provide form - especially bodies - with convincing situations to inhabit.