Edge of the Woods at Night
Signed lower right: Karl Schrag
Description
“In Edge of the Woods at Night, all dynamic movement is arrested by strong verticals, and the shape of the road curves into the painting. He has consistently investigated the night. For him, ‘night is a fantastic day. All the fantasies held back in the day are freed.’ At night and in moonlight, he has walked the woods and fields of his Deer Isle farm. These he uses, and the landscape of the sky. But what for him is most exciting ‘is what is not fully revealed, the mysterious, the bottomless. The night sky, sometimes white, sometimes the deepest blue and black, is not ever the same.’ Nor is any painting the same, for lines differ, rhythms change as one moves from the wild sea to the gentle child. He detests the painter who repeats, harping on old ideas.”
— ARTS Magazine, March 1982
Provenance
From the collection of the artist
With Kraushaar Galleires (from above), New York, NY
To Private collection (from above) Woodbury, NY, April 1982
Inscriptions
Labels
1). (on backing board): Kraushaar Galleries / 724 Fifth Avenue New York 10019 / “Edge of the Woods at Night” / Painting by / Karl Schrag
Exhibitions
Kraushaar Galleries, NYC, March 10 – April 3, 1982
Literature
Condition
Excellent. Unlined. No inpaint visible under UV light.
Frame Details
Description
“In Edge of the Woods at Night, all dynamic movement is arrested by strong verticals, and the shape of the road curves into the painting. He has consistently investigated the night. For him, ‘night is a fantastic day. All the fantasies held back in the day are freed.’ At night and in moonlight, he has walked the woods and fields of his Deer Isle farm. These he uses, and the landscape of the sky. But what for him is most exciting ‘is what is not fully revealed, the mysterious, the bottomless. The night sky, sometimes white, sometimes the deepest blue and black, is not ever the same.’ Nor is any painting the same, for lines differ, rhythms change as one moves from the wild sea to the gentle child. He detests the painter who repeats, harping on old ideas.”
— ARTS Magazine, March 1982
Provenance
From the collection of the artist
With Kraushaar Galleires (from above), New York, NY
To Private collection (from above) Woodbury, NY, April 1982
Inscriptions
Labels
1). (on backing board): Kraushaar Galleries / 724 Fifth Avenue New York 10019 / “Edge of the Woods at Night” / Painting by / Karl Schrag
Exhibitions
Kraushaar Galleries, NYC, March 10 – April 3, 1982
Literature
Condition
Excellent. Unlined. No inpaint visible under UV light.
