Peter Helck
21 × 25 in.
The Guyton Collection
Night Rider by Peter Helck
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$48,000 USD | Sold
| St. Louis, Missouri
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One of Peter Helck's most famous paintings, long in the collection of his close friend, historian and writer Keith Marvin, to whom he is believed to have gifted it. Although Helck is best known for his action paintings of automobile races, his "still life" works with automobiles are exceptional. The car cresting a rise near Helck's home in Boston Corner, New York, casts an eerie glow from its gas headlamps. Helck was a master of capturing darkness and light on canvas. The artist himself related that no luminous material was used in creating the image. The effect, the fullness of which can only be experienced in person, comes entirely from his skill.
