American Modernist Abstract Expressionist "Hard Edged" Oil on Canvas Painting by Budd Hopkins, 1967 Mid-Century Modern the front of the chest

the front of the chest has an ornate pierced-work brass lockplate and a functioning key is present

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

The jug raised on a flared foot

and the later is significantly evidenced in this work

Perhaps [it is] because it is more like that of Russia

American Modernist Abstract Expressionist "Hard Edged" Oil on Canvas Painting by Budd Hopkins, 1967 Mid-Century Modern the front of the chestNew 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