{"title":"Lee Reynolds","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"large-impasto-floral-still-life-oil-on-canvas-in-dusty-rose-sage-and-cream-signed-american-decorator-school-c-1975-1990","title":"Large Impasto Floral Still Life by Lee Reynolds for Vanguard Studios, Oil on Canvas in Dusty Rose, Sage and Cream, Signed, c. 1975–1985","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA large floral still life worked in oil so thick it reads as relief before it reads as a picture. The paint stands off the canvas in ridges that cast their own shadows. Where the palette knife was dragged it has left a corduroy of parallel furrows; where it was pressed and lifted, the blossoms sit up in whorled fans well proud of the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe palette is deliberately soft. A warm taupe ground carries dusty rose, sage, cream and a gentle mauve, with the flower heads built in cream and white over a rose underlayer that shows at the edges. Small flicks of turquoise, yellow, coral and blue, most no wider than a knife edge, are scattered across the ground as accents. Each blossom is a single charged sweep of the knife that turns as it lifts, so the ridges spiral out from the centre of the flower.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe canvas is signed at the lower right in a thin brown script and is set in a plain, narrow oak-toned moulding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLee Reynolds was the trade name of Vanguard Studios of Beverly Hills, founded in the 1960s by Lee Reynolds Burr (1936–2017). Vanguard became a leading national designer and maker of wall decor, producing large decorative canvases for the American furniture and interior design trade. The canvases signed Lee Reynolds were painted by the studio's staff artists, so the signature identifies the studio rather than an individual painter, and the staff painter of this canvas is not recorded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVanguard was sold to the Kirsch Company in December 1974, and the Lee Reynolds name continued in use afterward. The construction and palette of this canvas point to c. 1975–1985, so it most likely belongs to the Kirsch era. The stretcher carries a stock number stamped in red, 132719, consistent with production numbering rather than an edition mark. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/artists-lee-reynolds\"\u003eLee Reynolds artist page\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFramed oil painting, floral still life\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnited States; Lee Reynolds, trade name of Vanguard Studios, Beverly Hills, California; most likely Kirsch-era production\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLarge floral still life in heavy palette-knife impasto, in a plain narrow oak-toned moulding\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOil on commercially primed canvas, stapled to a mitred wood stretcher; wire hanger fitted\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSigned Lee Reynolds lower right; stock number 132719 stamped in red on the stretcher\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1975–1985\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVery good. The canvas is tight and even on the stretcher with no tears, punctures or slack. The paint film is stable with no flaking or lifting, and the high impasto ridges are uncracked and uncrushed. Colours are strong and unfaded. The frame is sound with light handling wear to the corners, and the hanging wire is intact. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA big wall needs a big picture, and nothing printed does what this does. Raking light from a lamp or a window catches every ridge, so the surface changes through the day. Dusty rose, sage and cream on warm taupe is a quiet, room-serving palette that sits beautifully against white, greige, plaster and natural wood, and it fills the wall over a sofa, bed, console or mantel in a single move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo care for it, hang it out of direct sun and away from heat sources and humidity. Dust the frame and surface lightly with a soft, dry brush, working with the ridges rather than across them, and leave any cleaning of the painted surface to a conservator.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48030729338985,"sku":"VE-0668","price":2250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/3642FD72-3D82-466B-A433-B3017345738D.jpg?v=1789016757"}],"url":"https:\/\/viridianeclection.com\/collections\/lee-reynolds.oembed","provider":"Viridian Eclection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}