Domenick Capobianco (American, born 1928) "Surprize IV" abstract figurative oil on canvas depicting a balloon symbolizing a clown head facing a skull in the manner of Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988), apparently unsigned, stamped "Domenick Capobianco Studio" to side, unframed. 30" H x 36" W. Provenance: Property from the estate of the artist. Note: Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928) artist, is a graduate of Washington University at St. Louis and a Rutgers Fellow (1979) , and a Guggeheim Fellow (1984/85). Capobianco taught for many years on the faculty at Rutgers University, N.J. His work is in the collections of the Academie des Beaux-Arts, Ljubjana, Slovenia; the Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria ; L’Instituto per la Culturea e L’Arte, Catania, Italy; The Kharkiv Museum, Kharkiv, Ukraine; Le Musee d’Art Contemporain, Skopje, Macedonia; The M.V. Nesterov Museum, Ufa, Russia; The Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ; The Robert Blackburn Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; and the Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, N.C., among many others in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. Long a regular exhibitor at the famed 55 Mercer Gallery, Capobianco is well-known in New York art circles together with his wife, the artist Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940).