American Modernist Abstract Expressionist "Hard Edged" Oil on Canvas Painting by Budd Hopkins, 1967 Drawings & Prints the casket is decorated with

the casket is decorated with engraved floral Arabesque and has bands of engraved Arabic calligraphy to the top and the base

The painting is of large size and is very finely painted

the vessel stands on a circular raised foot

5" wide (Staff is 12

hunting with hawks bred in the countryside was practiced in Japan from ancient times

American Modernist Abstract Expressionist "Hard Edged" Oil on Canvas Painting by Budd Hopkins, 1967 Drawings & Prints the casket is decorated withNew York Abstract Expressionist oil on canvass painting, by Budd Hopkins (1931 2011), signed and dated 1967. Hopkins' career spanned over five decades, serving as a bridge between the raw emotion of early mid century abstraction and the clean precision of later movements. Arriving in New York in 1953, Hopkins befriended prominent artists like Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, and Franz Kline. Hopkins was very much a key figure of New Yorks initial wave