Details
Ross Bleckner (b. 1949)
White House
oil on canvas
106 x 92 in. (269.2 x 233.6 cm.)
Painted in 1994.
Provenance
Mary Boone Gallery, New York
Literature
R. Milazzo, The Paintings of Ross Bleckner, Brussels, 2006, no. 66 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Ross Bleckner, March-May 1995.

Lot Essay

"Bleckner's painting in many ways seems to reaffirm this transcendental viewpoint. Their vibratory incandescence created an analogy to the rhythmic substructure of a knowable nature. At the same time, Bleckner is moved by darker historical events...His work conveys a mood of questioning in the wake of this troubled history, and a realization...that the reality of disillusionment may also offer the possibility of transcendence. "

Peter Halley, "Ross Bleckner: Painting at the End of History, Arts Magazine, New York, May 1981.

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