The Ed Clark Catalogue Raisonné is a long-term research project dedicated to documenting the complete works of Ed Clark.
When complete, the catalogue raisonné will present a comprehensive record of Clark’s paintings and works on paper, offering scholars, collectors, and the public an authoritative resource on his life and work.
The Estate of Ed Clark is currently conducting ongoing research toward the preparation of this catalogue raisonné.
We are now accepting submissions of original works on canvas and on paper.
If you own a work by Ed Clark, please return the completed submission form by e-mail to the address below. All information will be kept confidential. We do not authenticate or certify any works.
Please submit the form to submissions@edclarkcatalogueraisonne.com.
Born in New Orleans in 1926 and raised in Chicago, Ed Clark emerged in the 1950s as a pioneer of the New York School. Over seven decades, his experiments with pure color, abstract form, and the materiality of paint produced an oeuvre of striking originality, extending the language of American abstraction. Clark holds an important place in modern and contemporary art: in the late 1950s, he was among the first American artists to exhibit a shaped canvas, an innovation that continues to resonate. His search beyond the limits of the conventional brush led him to use a push broom to apply pigment to canvas laid on the floor. Moving between gestural and hard-edged abstraction, Clark fused these approaches into a distinctive form of expressionism
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