About The Artist
Larry Rivers (1923 Ð 2002) was an American artist, musician, filmmaker and occasional actor. Rivers resided and maintained studios in New York City, Southampton, Long Island, and Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Rivers is considered by many scholars to be the "Godfather" and "Grandfather" of Pop Art, because h...
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My name is Guy Lyman, and I’ve been learning about, making and collecting art since my teens. These days, in addition to painting, I search the world for superb art that is undervalued and pass the savings on to discerning collectors. I offer a money-back guarantee on everything I sell. 
Pop Singer
Artist: Larry Rivers
Price:
$3,312.00
Medium: Mixed Media
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Materials: Mixed Media
Dimensions: 18" x 14" x 1"
Finish: Unframed
About the Item: I have included a pic of an identical sculpture in this series by Larry Rivers being sold on eBay for $5,000. The only difference is that in the back of mine, the thin ledge that serves as a support has a crack in it (see pic). This is not visible from the display side and makes no structural difference, so it is not a problem in my opinion - but I have reduced the price accordingly. Larry Rivers was one of the earliest, if not the earliest, artist to qualify as making Pop Art in America. His "Washington Crossing the Delaware" was painted way back in 1953, when the Abstract Expressionists were slashing away! Google him for tons of information on this extremely important New York artist. He is on my top 5 list (along with Twombly, Rauschenberg, Julian Schnabel and Anselm Kiefer).
About The Artist
Larry Rivers (1923 Ð 2002) was an American artist, musician, filmmaker and occasional actor. Rivers resided and maintained studios in New York City, Southampton, Long Island, and Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Rivers is considered by many scholars to be the "Godfather" and "Grandfather" of Pop Art, because he was one of the first artists to really merge non-objective, non-narrative art with narrative and objective abstraction. He was born Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg, in the Bronx to Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. From 1940Ð45 he worked as a jazz saxophonist in New York City, changing his name to Larry Rivers in 1940 after being introduced as "Larry Rivers and the Mudcats" at a local pub. He studied at the Juilliard School of Music in 1945Ð46, along with Miles Davis, with whom he remained friends until Davis's death in 1991. He took up painting in 1945 and studied at the Hans Hofmann School from 1947Ð48. He earned a BA in art education from New York University in 1951. He was a pop artist of the New York School, reproducing everyday objects of American popular culture as art. He was one of eleven NY artists featured in the opening exhibition at the Terrain Gallery in 1955.
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