A modernist crayon, pastel, and pencil drawing on paper titled “Bouquets Spawning Intruders” by Stanley Boxer. Hand signed in pencil and dated ’76 lower left. An expressive figurative composition with bright abstract flower petals which gives a surreal dreamlike feel. Per the artist, “In the manufacture of my art, I use anything and everything which gets the job done without any sentiment or sanctity as to medium. Then, too, I have deliberately made a practice of being "visionless" ... this is, I go where my preceding art takes me, and never try to redirect the future as to what my art should look like. This is a general credo and foundation for everything I have ever done and stands firm in its solidity as this is written.” Provenance: Alice Simsar Gallery, Ann Arbor. Dimensions: 19.75”h x 25.5”w. In very good vintage condition.

Stanley Boxer (1926-2000) was an American artist best known for thickly painted abstract works of art. He was also an accomplished sculptor and printmaker. He received awards from the Guggenheim Fellowship and the National Endowment for the Arts. One-man museum exhibitions were held at the Rose Art Museum and the Butler Institute of American Art. Boxer’s work is included in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Tate Gallery, the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, and the Boston Museum of Fine Art.