A significant and boldly scaled original painting by Geri Taper (American, 1929–2004) — four canvases mounted together to form a single commanding horizontal composition featuring colorful Asian-style script writing over a vibrant ground of blue, red, yellow, and green. Signed and dated 1981 on the verso. Presented in a wood frame. Work size: 41.25" × 80".

Geri Taper was a Pittsburgh-based painter and printmaker whose work over five decades engaged deeply with text, calligraphy, and the visual energy of written language as abstract form. Her script paintings — in which gestural marks derived from Asian calligraphic traditions are layered over intense color fields — are among her most resolved and collectible works. The four-canvas format here gives the composition an architectural weight and a seriality that reads as deliberate and sophisticated: each panel holds its own while the four together create a unified, rhythmic whole.

At over six and a half feet wide, this is a work that commands wall space rather than filling it — the kind of painting that defines the character of a room.

Provenance:

1. From the private collection of Louis Geys (Belgian, 1945–2022)
2. Dargate Auction Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA — 2017

Details:

• Artist: Geri Taper (American, 1929–2004)
• Medium: Acrylic on canvas (four canvases mounted together)
• Date: 1981 (signed and dated verso)
• Work Size: 41.25" H × 80" W
• Framed Size: 42.25" H × 81.5" W × 2" D
• Frame: Wood frame
• Style: Modern / Abstract / Text-Based Painting

Condition:

Good overall condition with normal surface wear. Frame shows average storage wear to edges and corners. Estate fresh to market.

Pickup & Shipping: Local pickup preferred given the scale of this work (81.5" wide). For buyers requiring shipping, we are happy to provide referrals to specialist fine art shippers. Please contact us prior to purchase to make arrangements.