PORTRAIT
48 in x 48 in
122cm x 122cm
Acrylic on canvas
1991
SOLD
Private Collection
Pennsylvania
BRETSCHNEIDER
NEWS&SALES
NOV 2022 thru JAN 2023
"THE LI TRIPTYCH"
3 PAINTINGS, EACH 4ft. x 4ft.
Commission Underway:
BACK STORY: In October, Glen and Xiomara Li saw my work in Soho and asked if I would be interested in a commission. The Li's are finishing construction on a new home in Manhattan and are looking to offset/compliment the neutral space with a showpiece of colorful paintings.
(The Li's are Finance Consultants renown for their inspirational seminars on money management and investing.)

NOVEMBER 2022: Lumber purchased. The frames and stretcher strips have been cut and assembled. The mesh is stretched and primed. The painting begins!!

To be incorporated into the work;
The Li' Family name in Chinese


TRIPTYCH WALL
THE TRIPTYCH DESIGN
HURDLES AND CHALLENGES
The Li's requested the paintings be similar in design to one of my paintings (shown below).
Also requested; I integrate/incorporate "a dragon or dragons" and Chinese letters (Calligraphy) into the design. Glen sent me 3 Chinese letters/symbols in particular he wanted to see within the painting.
My attitude and response: "Let me at it!!"

The Li's asked I design the triptych similar to this 4ft x 5ft painting (above) I completed in September
JULY 2022
STAENBERG COMMISSION - ST. LOUIS
6 COLOR FORM PAINTINGS
Each 24" x 24", Acrylic on mesh, White Frame

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MAY thru JUNE 2022
SPECTOR/ZAK - SAN FRANCISCO
This commission was initiated during the Pandemic, in October of 2020.
BACK STORY: David Spector (CEO and Cofounder of Third Love, San Francisco) was bicycling along Manhattan's West Broadway when he saw my paintings and stopped to look. One immediately drew his attention and he purchased it on the spot. The painting was crated and shipped to San Francisco where it would eventually hang in the new town house he and ( business & life partner) Heidi Zak, were building.
In May 2022 (a year and a half after David purchased the painting) I receive an email from him with a photo attached; it was the painting in their new town house.
The painting looked great, and I appreciated the photo, but the wall looked conspicuously empty. Aesthetically, it was uneven.
In his email, David asked if I would create another painting to compliment the first painting to balance the wall. (Photos below).
I agreed to the challenge. A little over 2 weeks later I sent pictures, front and side views of the finished work. David and Heidi unanimously approved and Painting #2 was shipped to San Francisco.
Who are David Spector and Heidi Zak?
Most people have heard of the lingerie company "Victoria's Secret". It's a world wide brand name with brick and mortar establishments in most major cities.
But have you heard of Third Love?
Third Love is similar to Victoria's Secret in that it sells women's under garments and lingerie. The difference is there are no stores----Third Love sells wholly online!
In less than 10 years, Third Love has become an online merchandising success story; it now holds second place position, right behind Victoria's Secret, in world wide sales.
Now you know---Third Love is David Spector and Heidi Zak.
But David and Heidi's savvy doesn't stop by just building a company on the rise---
Their investment in 2 Bretschneider paintings proves that!
THIRD LOVE LINK: WWW.THIRDLOVE.COM



APRIL 2022
Sent by Jamel Marshal, Chicago


FEBRUARY 2022
SURGERY

From February to April I was unable to work in the studio because I was healing from hip replacement surgery.
All I can say about this experience;
"My career in Ballet is officially over."
:(
Hip Replacement

OCTOBER 2021
COLOR FIELD LANDSCAPE
48in x 48in
122cm x 122cm
Acrylic on mesh
white frame
Photo sent by Eliot Levmore, who purchased this painting from me in late August. It's seen here hanging in his Manhattan home.
This past summer, Mr. Levmore, a New York City resident and financial analyst, saw my work in Soho and researched me online. As soon as he saw a photo of this painting on my website, he was determined to own it.
LONG STORY, SHORT: Every painting has a price and this one was no different. The price was met and I bid it adieu.


COLOR FIELD LANDSCAPE
36in x 36in
92cm x 92cm
Acrylic on mesh
Partner entrepreneurs, Robin and Gary Murphy, purchased this painting from me in August. They just sent me this photo of the work hanging in their home in New York's downtown Financial District.
Well done-- THANK YOU!!
SEPTEMBER 2021
UNTITLED HYBRID ABSTRACTION
36 in. x 29 in
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
Only a few days after completing and posting this painting on my site, Tuxin Ai contacted me about purchasing it. She had seen my paintings a year earlier in New York and had been following my website and work output ever since. She was waiting for the right piece to buy. When she saw this painting posted, she pounced.
PHOTO TO THE RIGHT: Tuxin Ai proudly standing next to her acquisition.
I guarantee you, the squint in her eyes is not because of the bright sun. She knows she just scored a beautiful work of art and (behind the mask) she is gleeful and broadly smiling---Quite the happy camper!
Even in this terrible time of Covid, where commerce in art and other things are flagging, I've been fortunate to have several sales to keep me a float.
My take on this pandemic is logical, circular, and rooted in an age old saying: "This, too, shall pass"


COLOR FIELD LANDSCAPE
36 in. x 48 in
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
When M. Collins saw this Color Field Painting last Sunday (August 30th) in New York's Soho District, it was love at first sight. She purchased the painting right then and there.
Later that evening, she texted a photo of the work hanging on her wall. It was just minutes after I delivered it to her Battery Park City address.
Check out the photo she sent. Her instincts were right on!
Sheer perfection!
Feng shui, Baby!
Photo courtesy M. Collins
COLOR FIELD LANDSCAPE (MONOCHROME)
36 in. x 60 in.
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
2 COLOR FIELD LANDSCAPES (DIPTYCH)
EACH 36 in. x 36 in.
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
When K. Guinn first saw my work in New York's Soho in the early Spring of 2019. At that time, he purchased a diptych from me; two 36" x 36" Color Field Landscapes.
PHOTO TO THE RIGHT: Diptych hanging side by side can be seen far left in the photo).
This past 2020 Summer, Mr. Guinn invested in his third Bretschneider, a 36" x 60" (Monochrome) Color Field.
PHOTO TO RIGHT: Monochrome Color Field is seen hanging in photo, to the far right.

3 Bretschneider Color Fields, as they currently hang in K. Guinn's Mississippi home. Photo courtesy K. Guinn
AUGUST 2020
NYC
Soho
August 15th!!
My return to showing (since Covid) in 6 months!!
8:00am. I start setting up. Still, not a person seen or heard.
I'm beginning to wonder; was this the right time to come back?
Arrived 7:30am. No one out.
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8:30am. A car passes by!
How foolish was I to think New York would be abandoned---
Suddenly more cars appear! Some start to park.
I see the old faces. The dog walkers, too!
As the Galleries, Boutiques, and Restaurateurs unlock their doors and start receiving deliveries, they see me and welcome me back---Many heartily! It's so good to be recognized---To be welcomed!
Damn! It's great to be alive!!!
JULY 2020
ANOTHER WORK FROM THE EARLY 90's SURFACES

David Alpert contacted me and sent photos of two paintings he acquired from me in 1991
( At that time I was showing out of a 16 ft U-Haul truck in New York's Soho district).
The photo above was taken by David this year (it's one of two paintings he purchased from me) as It currently hangs in his Los Angeles factory.
MARCH 2020 thru JUNE 2020
PANDEMIC PROJECTS
I caught the COVID-19 virus in early April ( experiencing mild to moderate symptoms ) and was quarantined, monitored at home by the NY State Department of Health for 21 days.
After I recovered, I was determined not to be idle, but be active. I continued my work in the studio ( producing 9 large Hybrid-Abstractions! ).
Also during this period, I constructed a shed on my property to store painting inventory. (slideshow below)



MOLLY PARKER COMMISSION
BOSTON, MA
ABSTRACTION
36in x 48in, Acrylic on mesh, White frame
JANUARY 2020
TRANS-ABSTRACTIONS / SERIES BEGUN









AUGUST 2019
"ICARUS"
COMMISSION COMPLETED AND DELIVERED
"ICARUS"
91cm x 122cm, 36in x 48in
Acrylic on mesh
Silver frame
Just completed this commission
BACK STORY:
The Couple who commissioned this painting saw a similar piece I created that was hanging in the lobby of a river cruise ship that operates on the Danube. It was one of four paintings I was commissioned to make for that ship's lobby. When the couple saw the piece, they fell in love with the visual narrative and wanted one for their home.
The couple contacted Gate 1 Tours for my info and we struck a deal.
I've made several Icarus compositions throughout the years. This one makes #4 in my catalogue of works.
The origins of the ICARUS story can be found in Greek Mythology, It's a tale about a father and son (Daedalus and Icarus) who were imprisoned together on the Island of Crete.
The father (Daedalus) was an Artisan. He devised a way for he and his son (Icarus) to escape the island by creating wings made of feathers and wax.
On the morning of the escape, as Daedalus was fastening the wings to his son's arms, he uttered a stern warning: "My Son, do not fly close to the Sun. The hot rays will melt the wax--- your wings will come apart."
Icarus didn't heed. Emboldened by his new found freedom and awesome ability to fly, he defied his father's wisdom and soared upward towards the Sun.
Alas, the wings fell apart. Poor Icarus plummeted to the sea and drowned.


APRIL 2019

ABSTRACTION
24in. X 60in
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
New work completed and posted for month of April:
MARCH 2019
SPRING BREAKOUT
Sneak peak: 3 of 15 New Paintings slated for Spring release

COLOR FIELD LANDSCAPE
36in X 48in
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
SOLD
5/21/19
SAN FRANCISCO

COLOR FIELD LANDSCAPE
36in X 48in
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
SOLD
4/07/19
NYC

ABSTRACTION
"Asian Exchange"
48in X 48in
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
SOLD
5/25/19
CONNECTICUT
JAN 2019
to
FEB 2019


NOV 2018 to DEC 2018
COMMISSION:10 PAINTINGS
MICHAEL STAENBERG COLLECTION
St. Louis
COMPLETED and SHIPPED

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SEPTEMBER 2018
Folly Island Beach House


ABSTRACTION
30" X 60"
78 cm x 154.4 cm
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
SOLD 9/15/2018
SHIPPED TO SOUTH CAROLINA

JUN-JULY-AUGUST-2018
SUMMER AGENDA:
Traveling and working in the studio
"In-Studio Sales"
(by appointment)
I will be showing again
LABOR DAY WEEKEND in NYC
September 1st & 2nd
(Contact me for NYC locations & times).
MAY 2018

Photo Courtesy: Sean M.
Sold May 13th
"MELVILLE'S TRIP"
ABSTRACTION
29in X 36in
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
Virginia, USA


COMPLETED MAY 2nd
UNTITLED ABSTRACTION
4ft X 4ft
122cm x 122cm
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
SOLD MAY 5th
New York, N.Y.

APRIL 2018

SOLD 4/14
COLOR FIELD ABSTRACTION
31.5" X 60"
80.0 cm x 154.4 cm
Acrylic on mesh
White frame

Brian Friedman (JetBlue Airway's Director of Litigation & Regulatory Counsel), sent me photos of his newly acquired Manhattan apartment. It features one of my favourite paintings "I OWN YOU!" which he purchased from me several years ago. (2013)
---THANKS! (I Love updates on the whereabouts of my paintings)
Painting Title & Specs:
"I OWN YOU!"
2013
4ft x 4ft (121cm x 121cm)
Acrylic on mesh
Red frame
MARCH 2018



New Energetic Series
UNTITLED ABSTRACTION
4ft X 5ft
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
SOLD
2018 ABSTRACTIONS
Pittsburgh Townhouse
(Interior: street-level, front window & entryway)
Last August (2017) this 3ft x 4ft Abstraction (Acrylic on mesh) was acquired from me in New York by Pittsburgh Orthodontist, Joan Kao.
She finally got the painting to Pittsburgh and, as she promised, sent me these photos----THANKS, JOAN!

New York DJ/Musician, Joe Bijou, sent me this photo of a COLOR FIELD LANDSCAPE he purchased from me in December 2017.
The painting hangs in Joe's studio.
Photo courtesy Joe Bijou
---Thank you, Joe!
COLOR FIELD LANDSCAPE
36in X 36in
Acrylic on mesh
White frame

JANUARY 2018
FEBRUARY 2018
Through the years every painting I've made has found a home.
Of all the styles and concepts, the 36" X 36" COLOR FIELD LANDSCAPE has been the most successful.
My goal during these two winter months (JANUARY & FEBRUARY) is to produce 20 Color Field paintings.
From these 20 paintings, I want to take the best 4 and reproduce them.
4 paintings, in multiples of 10, each numbered and signed.


DECEMBER 2017


COLOR FIELD LANDSCAPE
36 in. X 36 in.
91cm. X 91cm.
Acrylic on mesh
Black frame
PROPOSED 12/05
COMPLETED 12/15
SHIPPED 12/18
NOVEMBER 2017
Hartford Commission
PRIVATE HOME
Completed and Shipped
Photos courtesy customer


COLOR FIELD LANDSCAPE
"Lewis, Clark, Clark, Lewis..."
36in. X 48 in.
Acrylic on mesh
white frame

New Orleans Commission
LAW OFFICE
STONE PIGMAN
WALTHER WITTMANN L.L.C.
(Attorney Larry O's office)
Completed and Shipped
Photos courtesy customer

COLOR FIELD LANDSCAPE
36 in. X 36 in.
91cm. X 91cm.
Acrylic on mesh
White frame


MoMA CLUB 57 Exhibition Catalogue
MoMA Bathroom: fifty-seven shades of Green!
A BIG KICK WHEN I RECEIVED THIS!!
FOUND!
1992 CANVAS PAINTINGS

Sunday, October 15, 2017
While showing in SOHO yesterday, a man stopped and looked at my work. He turned to me and said years ago he had bought 2 paintings from an Artist similarly named "Bretschneider"---And those paintings still hang in his home. We deduced I was that artist.
Later that day, he returned and bought two COLOR FIELD LANDSCAPES.
...
That night, he emailed me a photo; the 2 paintings purchased from me 25 years ago. MANY THANKS!
Jef Bretschneider
1992
UNTITLED ABSTRACTION
4ft X 5ft
Acrylic on canvas

Jef Bretschneider
1992
UNTITLED ABSTRACTION
2ft X 4ft
Acrylic on canvas

#4
COLOR FIELD/LANDSCAPE
36" X 36"
Acrylic on mesh
white frame
SHIPPED
VENICE, CALIFORNIA
Jill (Jyl) and Peter
:)

#5
COLOR FIELD / LANDSCAPE
36" X 50"
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
DELIVERED
New York
.
SEPT 2017
MoMA & BOXART
Sept 26, 2017, BOXART'S Jim Wines comes to my Nyack studio to measure "SHIFTING BORDERS".
THE PLAN:
jim will return to BOXART (in Brooklyn) where the container will be designed and built.
Another BOXART TEAM will return to Nyack at a later date with the finished container and pack the piece for the trip to the Museum of Modern Art.
UPDATES:
"SHIFTING BORDERS"
September 26th & October 3rd 2017



Oct 3, 2017, BOXART's Transportation & Packing team return with a specially designed container (built by Jim Wines and David Brant) for "SHIFTING BORDER'S" move to MOMA.

COMPARISON / CONTRAST:
SHIPPING CONTAINER & "SHIFTING BORDERS"

Transportation
&
Packing Team
Left to Right:
Patrick, Matthew, and Lead Packer ( in fashionable denim jacket ) David Brant.




BOXART Lead Packer, David Brant, laying out the container's interior to secure "Shifting Borders" road trip to MoMA.
MAGIC TIME!
Lighting Test for "Shifting Borders" before sealing the crate.
With the piece secure and a THUMBS UP!---It's onto MOMA!

AUGUST 2017
#13
COLOR FIELD / LANDSCAPE
WESTERN WALL JERUSALEM
27" X 56"
Acrylic on mesh
White frame

8/23
COMMISSION DELIVERED


UNTITLED ABSTRACTION
48" X 48"
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
DELIVERED
NEW JERSEY
Picture courtesy customer. Thanks!

SOLD
COLOR FIELD
24" X 24"
Acrylic on mesh
White frame


SOLD
UNTITLED ABSTRACTION
38" X 50"
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
SOLD
UNTITLED ABSTRACTION
30" X 60"
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
JULY 2017
"Setting-up (showing) in this heat is murder"
BOSTON COMMISSION
WINTER GOAL: 20 COLOR FIELDS
35, 40 years ago, before digital de-evolution, during days "ye olde", a time when I lived the inexcusable life, Jean Michel Basquiat and I were friends.
As Jean's fame and notoriety grew
our path parted...
I received an email containing a JPEG of one of Jean's drawings. The Photographer, Stephen Torton, sent it to me.
There are several drawings and paintings I know of where Jean incorporated my name. This one, I had never seen before. As I studied it, I saw my name tributed 3 times!
Ushering in...memories from another era.
This drawing can be found in the Enrico Navarra book documenting Jean's work.


JULY 9 SOLD
COLOR FIELD / LANDSCAPE
30"X30"
A savvy couple with their daughter "Violet" scooped this painting up as soon as they saw it. My favourite customers: appreciative - aesthetically tuned.
JULY 9 SOLD
ABSTRACTION
30" X 60"
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
Customer purchased for
her MIAMI residence.
SHIPPED


ABSTRACTION (Commissioned)
26" X 50"
Acrylic on mesh
Black Frame
SOLD
JUNE 2017


ABSTRACTION
30" X 60"
Acrylic on mesh
white frame
MAY 2017
Picture courtesy customer. Thanks!
NEW YORK - DELIVERED
FEBRUARY / 2017
Trifecta! - Philadelphia delivered 4/25/17


DIPTYCH
COLOR FIELD/LANDSCAPE
28" X 60
Acrylic on mesh
white frame
COLOR FIELD/ABSTRACTION
28" X 60
Acrylic on mesh
white frame


COLOR FIELD/LANDSCAPE
30" X 30"
Acrylic on mesh
white frame
MARCH 2017
PROPOSED 3/05/17
COMMISSION


42in x 60in
ABSTRACTION
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
Delivered 3/15/17 NYC
Picture courtesy customer. Thanks!
APRIL 2017
Figurative project
4' X 4'
Acrylic on mesh.

JANUARY 2017
ABSTRACTION, 28" X 60", Acrylic on mesh, white frame
SOLD 1/15/17 NYC


Picture sent in by customer. Thanks!
DECEMBER / 2016

Picture sent by customer. Thanks!
A couple from Germany, while touring New York City, saw my work and bought a painting. That evening, the couple boarded a Lufthansa flight home.
24 hours after selling the painting, I received an email with a JPEG attached--- of the very painting hanging in their Berlin home!
To see one of my paintings sold, shipped 3000 miles, and then hung ( with a picture of it hanging!) in less than one Earth day
I say
Astounding!
Remarkable!
IN RETROSPECT
The feeling I got when I received this JPEG was comparable to the feeling I get whenever I receive a delivery through AMAZON.COM
SUPER EXPEDITIOUS! :)

ABSTRACTION
38" X 50"
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
SOLD 12/4/16
NOVEMBER / 2016
ABSTRACTION, 48" X 48", Acrylic on mesh, white frame
SOLD 11/09/16 NYC ---SHIPPED TO CAMBRIDGE MA.

OCTOBER 2016
PAST/RENEWED!
This piece was originally exhibited at the CLUB 57 (New York City) in 1980.
I'm posting this picture because the piece is being considered for inclusion in the CLUB 57 RETROSPECTIVE (scheduled for OCTOBER, 2017 thru APRIL 2018) at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York.
I'll post updates

"SHIFTING BORDERS"
(1978)

SEPT 2016
FALL ART SEASON BEGINS
Busy week.
9/28/16 (Sunday)
Two customers purchased a total 8 paintings!
INCLUDING: A commission for a 9th painting!
AUGUST 2016


SHIPPED
5 (2ft x 2ft) Paintings prepped
for shipping to St. Louis, Mo.
3 paintings (one 38inx 50in, two 36in x 36in) prepped
for shipping to Boca Raton, Florida.
PHOTOS OF THE MONARCH EMPRESS COMMISSION
The Monarch Empress was built by Ilene and Dani Pipino for their company GATE 1 TOURS.
More info about this commission can be found below OCTOBER 2015



JUNE & JULY 2016
Traveling till July 10, 2016

PORT JERVIS, N.Y.
From 1986 to 1992 I lived in the city of Port Jervis ( about 90 miles North of NYC).
While there, I created and sold several Hundred paintings.
Two solo shows were held during that period. For each show, 1000 posters were printed and distributed.
Two survive.

APRIL 2016
Photos courtesy: Khan Family, New York City


EAST 72nd STREET
NEW YORK CITY
COLOR FIELD / LANDSCAPE
48" X 60"
Acrylic on mesh
DELIVERY / INSTALLATION
MARCH 2016
COMMISSION: NOW ONLINE
Interior designer Jenny Vorhoff of Studio Riga and interior designers Britt Zunino and Kate Gray ofStudio DB in the living room of their completed Tribeca loft project.


A vibrant Jeffrey Bretschneider painting inspired the living room's blue, brown, and natural finishes. The Mitchell Gold / Bob Williams sofa is covered in a durable contract-grade Kravet blue velvet, and a petrified wood stool by Organic Modernism and a table lamp by Aerin for Visual Comfort lend additional texture to the scene.
FEBRUARY 2016
THANK YOU!
I was emailed this jpeg February 3rd. Here's the back story:
Partner's, Addison and Clay, purchased this Color Field from me in 2012. At the time, they lived downtown, in the West Village. (N.Y.C.)
In late 2015, they bought and renovated a duplex uptown, on East 56th street. When they moved in, so did my painting

Photo courtesy Addison and Clay M.
Color Field
4ft x 4ft (122cm x 122cm)
Acrylic on mesh

SHIPPED TO PUERTO RICO
ABSTRACTION
29" X 60"
COMPLETED NOV 15th
SOLD NOV 25th
SHIPPED NOV 27th
NOVEMBER 1st 2015
RECORD 9 PAINTINGS SOLD!
OCTOBER 2015

MONARCH EMPRESS
NEGOTIATED AND AGREED!
4 PAINTINGS
(53.5"X 37.5")
LOBBY/STAIRCASE





GATE1 TRAVEL COMMISSION
WORK BEGUN:






COMMISSION BACK STORY:
SEPTEMBER - NEW YORK CITY - SOHO
Early Sunday morning..
I had just started setting up (with only a few paintings out) when Dani and Ilene Pipano came upon my work. They stopped to converse.
"We've never seen work like this before."
Gate-1 is owned by Dani and Ilene Pipano. Their company provides Travel Tours around the world and employ over 300 people in the USA. They also provide livelihoods to thousands more wherever their tours go. The Gate-1 corporate headquarters is just outside Philadelphia, in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.
The Pipano's suggested my art might be a fit for a ship they were building, designed to provide cruises on the Danube River. Using their IPhones, Dani & Ilene showed me photos of the space and asked me what I thought.
I Create and Build. Give me an empty space, I'll fill it with a positive!
My "Commission Guarantee" is straight-forward;
If you're dissatisfied with the end result, there's no obligation to purchase, your deposit is returned.
Dani and Ilene took my card.
3 weeks passed, it was now October. The phone rang. GATE1 was still interested.
When people remember your work (sometimes years after) that's a compliment ( and affirmation ) My work makes a lasting impression.
The Pipano's and I resumed our discussion about the commission. We agreed on Size, Style, and Price. A Deposit was made. Delivery is scheduled in 1 to 2 months.
SEPTEMBER 2015
AMERICA'S LABOR DAY WEEKEND
5 PAINTINGS FOUND NEW HOMES!
"Once Again--All my best work SOLD!!
THANK YOU!"
PHOTO COURTESY: SARA Z.
MIAMI SHIPPED AND INSTALLED
SEPTEMBER 16TH


EMAIL RECEIVED SEPTEMBER 10th
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Subject Art Clearance needed
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Message:
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Hi Jef,
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I'm Melanie Little; I work as the Associate Producer on the twice Emmy nominated show, Million Dollar Listing NY. In case you are unfamiliar with our show, we follow three brokers that sell high end real estate in NYC. One of the listings we'll be featuring this season has one of your works hanging in their home. We would love to keep your beautiful artwork hanging in their home as decor, but I'll need to get a signed clearance agreement asap, in order for the piece to not have to be removed from the space before filming. If you could email me when you get this, I can send you a photo of the exact piece they purchased, along with our Art Clearance Agreement. Please let me know if you have any questions at all and thank you so much for your help! I look forward to hearing from you soon! Best, Melanie
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Email mlittle@worldofwonder.net
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Sent on: 10 September, 2015
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Thank you!


ABSTRACTION
Acrylic on Mesh
26" x 62"

WEDNESDAY JULY 29th:
DELIVERY & INSTALLATION
President Street
Brooklyn, New York


Color Field / Landscape
40in x 40in
Acrylic on mesh
Flat white frame
560 West 43rd Street
New York
DELIVERY & INSTALLATION
SUNDAY JULY 5th
Describe your image here
TWO SUNDAYS
APRIL 12th and 19th
2015 SPRING BREAKOUT!
DIANA MUI: A SPECIAL THANKS!

THANK YOU!
Anthony Amiewalan

Always on the lookout for objects, distinct and unusual, Anthony found a painting I made 25+ years ago. He noted it In his interior design blog, THE JUMPING-OFF POINT.
Anthony Amiewalan combs the metropolitan backscapes for objects and ideas to utilize for his interior design business. He shares these finds, along with his current projects, thoughts and commissions, in his blog, The Jumping-Off Point. Here's the link. (issue showing my painting)
SHANE GLOVER COMMISSION

COLOR FIELD / LANDSCAPE
50 in. x 62 in.
START DATE
10/10
finished 10/27



REMEMBERING JEAN
After posting the Jean Michel Basquiat drawing, I recieved several emails asking me "personal" questions about "the 80's scene".
Much of my energy 30 years ago was not focused. I was self absorbed and vainly directed. The decision to step off the New York bandwagon of the 80's--to clean up and reset priorities--
DEAR FRIENDS
It was the best thing i ever did!
Now:
I live today-- and plan for tomorrow.
BASQUIAT
&
BRETSCHNEIDER
In regards to "Remembering Jean Michel Basquiat",
I offer this 2010 posting:
When someone discovers I associated with New York's "Downtown" art/music scene of the 70's and 80's--- I'm asked, 'Did you know this person or that person?'
Their inquisitiveness is often driven by a book, movie, documentary, they read or watched.
BACK STORY: 20 years ago, the author Phoebe Hoban called me. She was writing a Basquiat biography and asked for my input. Her seriousness won me and I participated in a Q and A with her over the course of a week. Prior to this, I had been interviewed by a film-maker (who's name I don't remember. I think he called himself Krzysztof) He had envisioned a dramatic feature film on Jean and was seeking anecdotes. Krzysztof's movie was never produced, but I did hear rumor the material he collected and the first draft script he wrote was purchased by the artist Julian Schnabel, who used portions of it in his debut film "BASQUIAT", with Jeffrey Wright.
JEAN: AN ACUTELY ADJUSTED ANTENNA
Before uneasiness and drugs stole him, Jean's phenomenal rise in the art-world was an exciting thing to watch. Artistic acclaim is rare. Few emerge.
Mutual interest, youthful encounter, dark humor, and self medication, brought Jean and I together. Watching him rise as quickly as he did made an indelible impression on me, and it was a life lesson. The knowledge I garnered about art and the art world---it's machinations---surpass anything the best art schools could offer---
Now, 30 years later, Jean's life, work, and premature death, have become art mythology.
So when I'm asked about Jean, instead of retelling what I remember and risk distorting facts, I refer my anecdotes in Phoebe Hoban's book, "Basquiat, A Quick Killing in Art". Because she started writing it shortly after his death, my recollections were fresher then. By turning to that book, I'm assured my "interactions" and "perceptions" are consistent, never veering into whim and fancy.
In retrospect, I thank God for all the good (and bad!) that has happened to me. I've been given the gift of time and space...
not to die
--but to live
--to grow and mature!
I am not the same man represented 3 decades ago in this book.
I kiddingly say
--- I'm worse!
JEF BRETSCHNEIDER 2010

Jef Bretschneider (1978)
Photo: Lisa Rinzler

SELECTIONS FROM:
Phoebe Hoban’s,
“BASQUIAT:A Quick Killing In Art”

JEF BRETSCHNEIDER
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
PUBLIC ADDRESS SHOW
Annina Nosei Gallery
NEW YORK
1981
Excerpt from Phoebe Hoban’s, “A Quick Killing In Art”
The day after the show, Jean-Michel, who had been up all night partying, rode out to Brooklyn in a limo with two friends, musician Arto Lindsay and Jeff Bretschneider. “"It was about six-thirty and I was getting dressed,”" says Gerard Basquiat. "“Jean-Michel was wearing a pin-striped suit and he came into the kitchen and he said, ‘Papa, I’ve made it.’ And he gave his younger sister Jeanine a pocketful of money.”"
Recalls Bretschneider, "“He went in and gave money to his father, and he was very concerned about his sister. He went there to park the limo out in front, to walk in with his clothes, and to show his father he had made some money. But I know he walked out of there feeling really empty. Whatever he went back for, it wasn't there.”"
JEF BRETSCHNEIDER
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
GAGOSIAN GALLERY
LOS ANGELES
MARCH 1983
Excerpt from Phoebe Hoban’s, “A Quick Killing In Art”
The opening itself was glamorous even by Hollywood standards. “It’s like a Hollywood premiere …all this energy and vitality,” Irving Blum told the gossip columnist of The Hollywood Reporter. He was in town with Roy Lichtenstein. Also present were Gene Kelly, Diandra Douglas, and producer Steve Tisch.
“"It was a wonderful Spring evening in Los Angeles",” reminisces Jef Bretschneider, who flew out to California for the occasion. "“It was a huge, garage like space, swarming with people. I went with John Lurie and it was a fucking mob scene. Like a lot of openings in the eighties, it was not about what work was on the walls, but which people were in the room."”
Bretschneider taped the event for posterity. "“I decided to videotape peoples reactions to Jean'’s work. One young couple told me it was the biggest con they ever saw. Another guy told me he was one of Jean-Michel’s best friends. I had never seen him before, but people were already saying they were ‘a friend of the artist.’ I met another woman who said she had a friend who owned five Basquiats. Five Basquiats! One for each home! Shenge [a friend who would later become one of Basquiat’s assistants] was rolling joints in the office, where Jean was hanging out. Suddenly, Gagosian comes in with Roy Lichtenstein, this icon, and introduces him to Jean."”
When Basquiat took off for the private dinner after the show, Bretschneider left too. But, it seemed, Jean did not intend to include his New York friends." “I saw Larry’s Mercedes pull up beside my rental car,” says Bretschneider. “And I looked at Jean and we exchanged smiles. Then they just pulled away. Jean and Larry and Larry’s beautiful girlfriend. Jean was already moving up the ladder."
JEF BRETSCHNEIDER
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
MARY BOONE GALLERY
NEW YORK
MAY 1984
Excerpt from Phoebe Hoban’s, “A Quick Killing In Art”
“Basquiat’s first show at Mary Boone, which opened on May 5, 1984, was a huge success, despite the fact that Boone herself felt that it had been rushed. " “It was supposed to be in the fall of 1985, but then Julian (Schnabel) left, and I thought I needed something really energetic at that point,"” she says. " “Usually I don’t do a show with an artist immediately, not until I’ve already created a market for the work. So it was a very last-minute decision."”
Everyone showed up at the opening, including the artist’s father (Gerard), who seemed to appreciate his son’s work only in public, and Andy Warhol. Recalls Jef Bretschneider, " “Jean had moved into blue-chip status. Andy was standing in the entrance of the gallery, and he stood there the entire length of the show. It was a barometer to where Jean was in the art world. But the paintings were more like a wallpaper version of his work. The opening was a circus. The Day of the Locusts. People were pushing up against this velvet rope that separated Jean-Miche