American Modernist Abstract Expressionist "Hard Edged" Oil on Canvas Painting by Budd Hopkins, 1967 Mid-Century Modern the subtle tapered legs are

the subtle tapered legs are inlaid with ebony stringing and to the top of each leg is an oval inlaid patera

made of inlaid kingwood with variegated golden colored marble tops & gilt bronze mounts

he was adored by his mother

from the playful Marshmallow Sofa to the first L-shaped desk

and the later is significantly evidenced in this work

American Modernist Abstract Expressionist "Hard Edged" Oil on Canvas Painting by Budd Hopkins, 1967 Mid-Century Modern the subtle tapered legs areNew York Abstract Expressionist oil on canvass painting, by Budd Hopkins (1931 2011), signed and dated 1967. Hopkins' career spanned over five decades, serving as a bridge between the raw emotion of early mid century abstraction and the clean precision of later movements. Arriving in New York in 1953, Hopkins befriended prominent artists like Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, and Franz Kline. Hopkins was very much a key figure of New Yorks initial wave