Contemporary Art Day Sale

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Lot 126
  • 126

Anselm Reyle

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Anselm Reyle
  • Untitled

  • signed and dated 2007 on the reverse

  • acrylic and acrylic glass on canvas

  • 241.9 by 191.1cm.; 95 1/4 by 75 1/4 in.
  • Executed in 2007.

Provenance

Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

Jens Asthoff, Laura Hoptman and Uta Grosenick, The Art of Anselm Reyle, Cologne 2009, p. 148, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration do not reflect the true purple of the original artwork. The illustration also fails to convey the camouflage element on the overlap. Please refer to the attached image or on-line image for a more accurate representation. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

"Reyle's eye catching found-object sculptures and abstract paintings en masse are like remixes of an abstract art historical past... Reyle's painterly output has revolved around creating new models or variations, of a few theoretically endlessly repeatable prototypes. These prototypes are impure amalgamations of abstract painting styles and techniques, a hybrid collection of 'best of' formal devices most often culled – up until now, but not exclusively – from post-war abstract expressionism in all its disparate guises... combined with his own visually pleasing formal twists and material variations."

Dominc Eichler in: 'Afterglow', Exhibition Catalogue, Zürich, Kunsthalle Zürich, Anselm Reyle: Ars Nova, 2006, p. 19