Paul Jenkins (1923-2012), American painter - Acrylic on canvas signed at the bottom - Phenomena Medusa

Paul jenkins (1923-2012), american painter acrylic on canvas signed at the bottom "phenomena medusa seen" dated november 19, 1970 and located in paris on the back dedicated to sheila and david douglas duncan, american photojournalist this work was exhibited: "paul jankins, works 1953-1986" at the picasso museum at château grimaldi in antibes from may 18 to june 26, 1987 provenance: former sheila and david douglas duncan collection in mouans sartoux dimensions with frame: 136.5x103cm dimensions without frame: 130x97cm the rating of the artist continues to climb, it has been multiplied by 7.5 in 21 years. Certain investment! Very good condition paul jenkins is unclassifiable, on the border of several trends, just like his photographer friend david douglas duncan, for whom he created medusa seen. Jenkins is an abstract artist, sensitive to the experiments of the americans, french and japanese, which he nourishes from his travels and his meetings with jackson pollock and mark rothko. But his vision is unique, just as much as his techniques, which he constantly renews through his experiments. In the same way, duncan is both an adventurer photographer, covering all the wars of his time, in the pacific, korea and vietnam, as well as the eye and friend of artists, notably picasso, with whom he is the one of the few to have an open table. In 1960 jenkins began “phenomena”, a series of oil and then acrylic paintings. With his ivory knife, jenkins spreads the material finely on the canvas, recalling the vision of a “shark fin cutting through the surface of the water”. Each of the works is entitled “phenomena”, augmented by a phrase or key words. They illustrate “the grasp of reality in its perpetual metamorphoses, both the act of painting and its final result”. Jenkins chooses "medusa seen" for duncan: the jellyfish seen. Since ancient times, everyone has known that the gaze of medusa, whose head hangs on perseus' shield, trans.