Lot 276
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ANSELM REYLE (B. 1970)
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ANSELM REYLE (B. 1970)

Harmony

Details
ANSELM REYLE (B. 1970)
Harmony
bronze and chrome optics with Macassar wood veneer plinth
sculpture: 66 7/8 x 66 7/8 x 29 ½in. (170 x 170 x 75cm.)
plinth: 21 ¼ x 63 x 30 ¾in. (54 x 160 x 78cm.)
Executed in 2006, this work is from a series of eight plus two artist's proofs, each unique in colour
Provenance
Almine Rech Gallery, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
G. Frei, Abstract Vision, Zurich 2008, no. 21 (another example illustrated in colour, unpaged).
J. Asthoff and L. Hoptman, The Art of Anselm Reyle, Cologne 2009, no. 148 and 230 (another example installation view illustrated in colour, unpaged)
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Almine Rech, The Construction of Harmony, 2007 (another example exhibited).
Special Notice
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Lot Essay

‘The work’s curvilinear organic shape with an open center echoes modernist sculptures by Hans Arp and Henry Moore. Based on a small soapstone sculpture his mother purchased on a visit to Africa, Harmony is absurdly but intentionally overwrought. He has transformed a humble object into a grandiose sculptural statement made with expensive and precious materials. Cast in solid bronze... the bronze has the semblance of a modest artificial material such as resin or fibreglass. Many hours of polishing... have caused the bronze to have the look of molded plastic, and the many layers of sprayed black car enamel covering the bronze further heighten the luster’
(D. Ebony, ‘Anselm Reyle’, in Art in America, April 2011).

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