A Portfolio
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The Drawing Room of Newport
RB 27. A drawing by Richard Banks; signed in the lower left corner. A crayon on paper. Size: 18" x 22". Condition: smudge to the back and front upper left of the paper/ does not interfere with the drawing. A young male reclines wearing a flowered robe open to reveal his full features. Banks drew from models and this young man combines both male and female qualities. Startling green eyes; at ease with the artist, the finished work reminds one of drawings by Benois. From Banks private collection. c. 1965. Price: $1,500.00.
# RB9. An ink on paper of a lady. c. 1950-60. Unsigned but attributed to Richard Banks. Mr. Banks was a society portrait painter whose clients were in New York, Newport and Palm Beach. This delicately styled drawing we believe represents Barbara Cushing Mortimer Paley know as Babe Paley. She was a "high priestess of the social arts, beauty, fashion and entertaining." Her good friend Truman Capote said of her: "She was perfect. Otherwise, she was perfect." We believe that this to be a Banks copy of an original art by Rene R. Bouche. Bouche was commissioned to create pieces for Vogue magazine in the 1950's. We have not ben able to locate a photo of the original, but when we do so, we will post it. Price: $1,500.00
RB18. A portrait on artist paper.Watercolor. Size: 18" x 24". Condition: wrinkling to the right edge of the paper; this will probably come out with drymounting and matting. A profile of a your lady wearing a very flamboyant hat. Banks was commissioned to create images for a lady's hosiery company and we suspect this was one of his studies. Unsigned. Price: $850.00.
RB19. A silkscreen on paper. Size: 14.5" x 22". We know that this subject was used for an ad campaign for one of Banks' clients. Condition: edge scuffs and slight darkening to the edges. Unsigned. Price: $850.00.
RB20. A portrait of a Diva. Colored inks, pencil and crayon on paper. Size: 18" x 24". Condition: minor scuffs and edge pin holes. Unsigned. Price: $500.00.
RB21. A study of two young male ballet dancers. Banks used as subjects friends from the New York City Ballet. Here we have typical Banks style. Size: 20" x 25". Condition: edge tears and scuffs. The uneven coloration is a plastic sheet over the paper. Unsigned. Price: $200.00.
RB22. A study of a young man. Pencil on Paper. Size: 19" x 24". Condition: minor scuffs. Unsigned. Price: $200.00.
RB 23. A work on paper by Richard Banks (unsigned). Size: 18" x 24". Pencil on paper. Condition: scuffs and smudging consistent with use and age. Name in pencil written on the top left corner: "Charlie Baker" which I believe is the subject. A young man poses with his back to the viewer with his right hand resting on a the back of a chair. Price: $250.00.
RB 24. A work on paper by Richard Banks (signed lower right corner Richard Banks). Size: 15" x 19". Pencil on paper. Condition: scuffs and smudging consistent with use and age. Name in pencil written on the top left corner: "Scott Douglas" which I believe is the subject. A young man poses with a scarf around his neck. Price: $200.00.
RB 25. A work on paper by Richard Banks (unsigned). Size: 18" x 24". Colored pencil on colored paper. Condition: scuffs and smudging consistent with use and age. Frontal portrait of a young man. Price: $250.00.
RB 16. A Richard Banks pen and ink and colored ink on paper mounted on artist board. Dickie Banks does Jim Morrison: at least it looks a little like a feminine Jim Morrison. This signed and dated (Richard Banks - Newport - 1965) drawing by Mr. Banks is provocative with the sitter showing his most prized possession (next to his hair)! The stars on the shirt and the hair are a dead giveaway to an era of drugs, love and rock and roll. Size: 24" x 30". Condition: estate condition, showing use but not abuse. Price: $350.00.
RB 26. A work on paper by Richard Banks (unsigned). Size: 15" x 23". Black ink on paper. Condition: scuffs and smudging consistent with use and age; tear to the lower right corner. Frontal portrait of a young man. Price: $200.00.
RB 14. A typical Richard Banks pen and ink on paper with a blue gouache overcolor. With overtones of "The King and I" this Eastern Asian 'prince' poses in a ballet stance. Defined dancers muscles with Banks' standard full 'basket' is appealing and well crafted. Size: 15" x 24". Mounted loosely on foam core. Condition: estate condition, showing use but not abuse. No signature.This original Banks drawing has been sold.
RB 11. A work on paper by Richard Banks (unsigned). This work we believe is part silk screen and part pen and ink. Size: 18" x 24". Condition: there are several scuffs to the lower right quadrant and a water mark at the right thigh level of the figure in red pants. Again, Banks creates a "Homosexual" (Gay) themed fantasy of attractive men this time playing badmitten in a court obviously not suited for sports (at least not this sport). Dressed in English Empire attire, these clearly erotic figures pose for the viewer with the object of 'turning you on" . . . and they do. Price: $950.00.
Richard Banks: Artist
A notice from 1962: "Lobster Pot Gallery Nantucket, Massachusetts Presents July 15-20 {1962}RICHARD BANKS. This is the first Nantucket showing of paintings by the young Palm Beach Artist Richard Banks. Mr. Banks studied at the Norton Gallery of Art. His paintings are contemporary in spirit and arrestingly realistic. It is Mr. Banks' feeling that the grace and flow of line in his work can be attributed to his experience in musical composition. His talent for design and color are immediately evident. At present Mr. Banks' paintings are in many private collections including those of: Mr. and Mrs. Chester Dale, Mr. Carl Van Vechten, Mr. and Mrs. James Reid Parker, General William Young."
Mr. Banks was included in a Portraits in Review: 1962-1963 Portraits Inc.{Gallery}, 136 East 57th Street New York, New York - May 15 through May 29, 1963.
Some of his Exhibitions in the 1960's were: Palm Beach Galleries, Palm Beach 1962; Lobster Pot Gallery Nantucket 1961-62; Southampton Gallery, Southhampton, L.I. 1962; New York City Center, New York City 1963; Newman Art Gallery Philadelphia, PA 1963; Cushing Memorial Hall, Newport Rhode Island 1963; Galaxy Gallery, Phoenix Arizona 1964; Palm Beach Galleries, Palm Beach Feb 1964.
From and article in Dance Magazine March 1963 titled: "Impressions in Paint and Words": "Alicia Markova, who recently announced her retirement from active dance, continues her career as choreographer and lecturer. The lovely ballerina, famed for her delicate, Romantic style, is seen here, late January, with Richard Banks and his portrait-in-progress of her. 'I was unprepared and fascinated by the directness of her gaze' says Mr. Banks, 'and how different she is on and off-stage.' 'Dancers,' says Richard Banks, 'are special people.' Allegra Kent 'is not flesh and bones - she's really air!' and Alicia Markova to the painter, is 'like Mt. Olympus.' Born and brought up in the elegant atmosphere of Palm Beach, Mr. Banks has been and commercial and fashion artist and more recently a successful society painter. With an ability to readily capture the likeness of a subject, he started with portraits in tempera and changed to oils. He has always admired the beauty of his dancer-friends, and so, with no thought of profit as motivation, he has focused his attention on making a record of their unique radiance. His portraits, most of which are life size - five or six feet, are accomplished in one or two sittings. He doesn't want the dancers to pose in movement. And yet, since a non-dancer pose might be static, he searches for a characteristic stance. He uses color to catch what he considers the aura of the individual personality. March 12 - April 21, in conjunction with the N.Y.C. Ballet's spring season, City Center Galleries presents an exhibition of Richard Bank's portraits of dancers . . ."
Here we show past inventory of works by Richard Banks sold from our Gallery in Newport Rhode Island:
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