Live Auction 14189Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session
Robert Ryman (b. 1930)
Lot 802

Robert Ryman (b. 1930)

Large-small, thick-thin, light reflecting, light absorbing 24

Closed18 May 2017

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USD 247,500

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Robert Ryman (b. 1930)
Large-small, thick-thin, light reflecting, light absorbing 24
signed and dated 'RYMAN 07' (on the reverse)
enamel, epoxy and shellac on wood
14 x 14 in. (35.5 x 35.5 cm.)
Painted in 2007. This work will be listed as catalogue number RR.07.009 in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné being organized by David Gray.

PaceWildenstein, New York, acquired directly from the artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

“Scientists try to find solutions, and they pick one problem out of thousands to explore and work on. It’s a similar thing, I think, that painters do. You can’t work on everything, so you take what interests you most and you explore it, and you find what solutions are possible.” (R. Ryman, quoted in B. Diamonstein, Inside New York’s Art World, New York, 1979, pp. 337-338)