HUDSON MARQUEZ & CHARLES BINGER

January 9 – February 1, 2015

Opening Reception: Friday, January 9th, 8-11 PM
Artist Talk: Sunday, January 18th, 2-4PM

HUDSON MARQUEZ “RHYTHM AND SHOES”

Ike Turner… Little Richard… Papa Lightfoot… Freddie King… Johnny Ace… Blaze Starr… Candy Barr… Lili St. Cyr. They all connect here in this series of paintings. Having heard tales of the RnB stars of the past, I’ve brought some to life. True Stories… Maybe.

The Bourbon Street stage stilletos of the ecdysiasts were imprinted on me at an early age. Sneaking into the 500 Club and Gunga Den. Sitting at the bar the first items I saw were the shoes. The best N.O. RnB bands were backing them up. Earl Palmer. Lee Allen. I’m still in love with the rhythm and the shoes.

**Hudson Marquez – Conking and Stepping**Acrylic and oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in. $3,000

**Hudson Marquez – Cruel Shoes**Acrylic and oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in. $3,000

**Hudson Marquez – High Hair and Higher Heels**Acrylic and oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in. $3,000

**Hudson Marquez – Huey Piano Takes Frankie Ford To Get His Hairs Did**Acrylic and oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in. $3,000

**Hudson Marquez – Incident At The Dew Drop Inn**Acrylic and oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in. $3,000

**Hudson Marquez – Little Richard Gets Whomped By a Catfish**Acrylic and oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in. $3,000 Sold

**Hudson Marquez – Mix and Match**Acrylic and oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in. $3,000

**Hudson Marquez – Ol’ Scratch and Ike Turner Go Camping on Route 666**Acrylic and oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in. $3,000 Sold

**Hudson Marquez – Red**Acrylic and oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in. $3,000

**Hudson Marquez – Risky Shoes**
Acrylic and oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in. $3,000

**Hudson Marquez – Robert Pete Williams Sees The Devil and Bites an Architect**Acrylic and oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in. $3,000

**Hudson Marquez – Six Mules**Acrylic and oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in. $3,000

**Hudson Marquez – Strapped**Acrylic and oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in. $3,000

**Hudson Marquez – Was This Freddie King’s Last Meal?**Acrylic and oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in. $3,000Acrylic and oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in. $3,000

CHARLES BINGER “ILLUSTRATOR”

Charles Ashford Binger was a British-born painter who found great success in Hollywood and on Madison Avenue. His commercial art included film posters, pulp novels and celebrity portraiture in a career that spanned the 1920s – 1970’s. Binger’s hallmark style utilized impeccable composition, rendered in a painterly style over roughened textures. His science-fiction paperback covers include masterpieces The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury & Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. As Marilyn Monroe’s favorite illustrator, he created three of her most memorable film posters, including Niagara and River of No Return. Located in the discovery phase of this sophomore exhibition were key art paintings for Ben Hur and A Streetcar Named Desire. His gift at capturing in oils, beautiful, vulnerable women and rugged, earthy men made him a highly sought portraitist among the crowned heads of Europe, and a valuable commodity in the emerging post-war pulp market. Binger passed away in 1974.

**Charles Binger – Audrey Hepburn**
Oil on board, 3 x 2.75 in. (11 x 10.5 in. framed) $1,600

**Charles Binger – Beauty**
Oil on board, 5.5 x 4.5 in. (11.75 x 11.75 in. framed) $2,000

**Charles Binger – Outcast of the Islands**
Published magazine art, oil on board, 5.75 x 5.5 in. (13 x 13 in. framed) $950 Sold

**Charles Binger – Run Aground**
Oil on board, 5.75 x 3 in. (14 x 9.75 in. framed) $950 Sold

**Charles Binger – Sunstroke**
Oil on board, 3.5 x 2.75 in. (11 x 10.25 in. framed) $900

**Charles Binger – Creole Woman (study)**
Cover to Gardner Fox paperback, oil pastel on board, 3.75 x 5 in. (11x 12.25 in. framed) $900 Sold

**Charles Binger – Regret**
Oil on board, 8 x 13 in. (16 x 21 in. framed) $2,800

**Charles Binger – Cover to “Lady L” by Romain Gary (1958)**
Oil on board, 8 x 11.75 in. (15.5 x 19.25 in. framed) $3,000

**Charles Binger – Bridge**
Published paperback cover, oil on board, 10 x 13.75 in. (19 x 23 in. framed) $3,000

**Charles Binger – Consolation**
Oil pastel on board, 16.5 x 21.75 in. (26 x 31 in. framed) $4,000

**Charles Binger – Generations**
Oil on board, 9.75 x 16.75 in. (18 x 25 in. framed) $3,200

**Charles Binger – Ennui**
Film production art, oil on board, 14 x 8.5 in. (20.5 x 16 in. framed) $3,200

**Charles Binger – Gothic**
Published paperback cover, oil on board, 13.75 x 10.75 in. (20 x 18 in. framed) $3,200 Sold

**Charles Binger – Horizon**
Published paperback cover to “Horizon” by Helen Machnnes (1970), oil on canvas board, 19.5 x 14 in. (26.25 x 20.75 in. framed) $3,500

**Charles Binger – Judgment at Nuremberg**
Film production art, oil on board, 16 x 11 in. (23.5 x 18.5 in. framed) $5,800

**Charles Binger – Ben Hur**
Film production art, oil on board, 17 x 14.5 in. (23 x 20.25 in. framed) $5,200

**Charles Binger – Darien Venture**
Published paperback cover to “Darien Venture” by C.V. Terry (1955), oil on board, 26.5 x 23 in. (33.25 x 29.5 in. framed) $4,500 Sold

**Charles Binger – Street Car Named Desire**
Published magazine art, oil on board, 15.5 x 22.25 in. (23.5 x 30.75 in. framed) $4,000 Sold

**Charles Binger – *Cover to The Gentlemen by Edison Marshall*, 1956 (feat. in ¡Orale!, Harwood Museum, 2014)**
Oil on board, 22.5x 26″ in 29×35″ frame $6,000

**Charles Binger – The Man From Brazil**
Published paperback cover to “The Man From Brazil” by E. B. Garside (1954), oil on board, 23.5×29″ in 32.5×38″ frame $6,000

**Charles Binger – 9 Coaches Waiting**
Published paperback cover to “9 Coaches Waiting” by Mary Stewart (1958), oil on board, 15.5 x 19.75 in. (24.75 x 28.75 in. framed) $3,500 Sold

**Charles Binger – Cover to “The Bystander” by Albert J. Guerard (1958)**
Oil on board, 11.5 x 17.5 in. (20 x 26 in. framed) $6,500

**Charles Binger – Cover to “Perry Mason: The Case of the Fan-Dancer’s Horse” by Erle Stanley Gardner (1957)**
Oil on board, 15 x 25.75 in. $8,500

This is the second exhibition of his work in 45 years, and the very first time that most of these works have been offered for sale. The real treasures, aside from gorgeously realized, large format paintings are miniature studies done as elements for paperback covers, motion picture key art and sheer enjoyment. The majority of pieces have been painstakingly restored but on a few of the smaller works, condition is consistent with commercial work of this era.

Contact Gallery Director Matthew Gardocki for purchase info:
info@laluzdejesus.com (323)666-7667

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