~WALTER ROBINSON . . REVENGE !!

WALTER ROBINSON – Revenge of the Under-Rated !!
WALTER ROBINSON . . big retrospective opening this SAT SEPT 17, 2016 at DEITCH PROJECTS.

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WALTER ROBINSON, ‘Revenge’, 1982. acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 in.

with the original Metro Pictures label still on the back !!
collection: HELENE CERIGO LUPATKIN, M.D.
provenance: SIMON CERIGO, METRO PICTURES
photo: Helene Cerigo Lupatkin, M.D.

& . . . part of the ‘WALTER ROBINSON RETROSPECTIVE’ – which originated at University Galleries of Illinois State University, curated by BARRY BLINDERMAN, Oct 17-Dec 22, 2014 – which then went onto a 3 month run at The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia, Jan 23-March 12, 2015 . . .
and which now comes to NYC – courtesy of JEFFREY DEITCH . . .
who always has his eye on the . . prize / might be the best way to put it !!!!!!!

and, it used to be . . . mine !!!!!!!!

Simon’s sister, Helene . . . owns it now.

yes . . revenge is sweet !!
esp when it comes to calling . . art !!
being way ahead of the game is perilous, let’s not go there / / / / /
but revenge is most definite sweet, and too bad Simon, SIMON CERIGO didn’t live – to see this.
Walter was one of his earliest calls in NYC – in the early 80s.
we owned about 6 of them. if not more.
all kinds, and in all sizes. we had the Romance / Porn ones, the pharmacy cabinet ones, an oddball floral still-life, and even . . the big ‘ape’ journalist – was ours at one time, too.

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