Important Art by Edward Clark
Untitled (1955)
In this photograph, Clark stands in front of his painting Concord, which was the largest work Clark completed in Paris.
The City (1952)
The City stands as one of Clark's first major experiments in abstraction. The painting evolved while he was working on a realistic representation of the city; dissatisfied with his results, he proceeded to "destroy" the image with his brush but found he liked the result of his destruction. Executed in an all-over manner, the colors almost appear to be in dialogue with one another.
Untitled (1957)
Although not the first, this work is amongst Clark's early experimentations with shaped paintings. Like many of Clark's works, this piece is large in scale, measuring 46 by 55 inches
Influences and Connections

- Joan Mitchell
- Helen Gardner
- Herbert Gentry
- Al Held
- Frank Stella
- Al Held
- Sam Francis
- George Sugarman
- Joan Mitchell
- Jacob Lawrence
- Herbert Gentry
- Jean Miotte