Anselm Reyle - Contemporary Art & Design Evening Sale New York Thursday, March 7, 2013 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York

  • Catalogue Essay

    Anselm Reyle’s paintings occupy a grey area in realms of painting and sculpture. Employing several dierent types of paint, including both oil and acrylic, Reyle paints his bands of color upon the surface of a canvas. Untitled, 2004, conjures the ghosts of Color Field painting and minimalism, creating blocks of exuberant saturation in a series of different tactile materials, among them PVC foil, and mirrored Plexiglas. Bands of magenta, green, and yellow (among others) sit side by side with a band of crumpled foil, equal in affinity of visual fixation and tangible investigation. Reyle’s use of foil casts upon us a veritable spell, where our impulse to look is at odds with our temptation to touch.

31

Untitled

2004
oil, acrylic, PVC foil, and mirrored Plexiglas on canvas
87 x 74 in. (221 x 188 cm)
Signed and dated "Anselm Reyle 2004" on the reverse.

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000 

Sold for $98,500

Contemporary Art & Design Evening Sale

7 March 2013
New York