Live Auction 5548Post-War & Contemporary Art
Charles Ross (B. 1937)
Lot 10

Charles Ross (B. 1937)

Solar Burn in the Time it Takes Sunlight to Reach the Earth

Closed16 September 2010

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GBP 5,000

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Charles Ross (B. 1937)
Solar Burn in the Time it Takes Sunlight to Reach the Earth
signed, titled and dated 'Charles Ross Solar Burn in the time it takes sunlight to reach the Earth 1/30/77' (along the lower edge); signed, titled and dated 'Ross Solar Burn Jan 30, 1977' (on the reverse)
solar burn, oil based gloss paint and graphite on panel
14¼ x 16¼in. (36.2 x 41.2cm.)
Executed in January 1977

John Weber Gallery, New York.
Private collection, Brussels.

Specialist note

Charles Ross is lights advocate, converting us to an indepth appreciation of lights presence to an awareness of the extent to which we exist in and through it.What counts in all these works is that the visible result is the sign of an impingement of the cosmic on the earth-bound.
Donald Kuspit.