Untitled

细节

Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967)
Untitled
signed and dated 'REINHARDT '41' (lower left)
oil on canvas
40¼ x 32 1/8 in. (102.2 x 81.5 cm.)
Painted in 1941.

来源

Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 12 November 1991, Lot 6A
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

出版

M. James, "Reinhardt," Art News, no. 3, 1960, p. 54 (illustrated). L. Lippard, Ad Reinhardt, New York, 1981, p. 38, no. 23 (illustrated).

展览

New York, The Jewish Museum, Ad Reinhardt: Paintings, November 1966-January 1967, no. 23 (illustrated).
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, A Private Vision: Contemporary Art from the Graham Gund Collection, February-April 1982, p. 81 (illustrated).

荣誉呈献

Jonathan Laib

jlaib@christies.com +1 212 636 2101

拍品专文

Of his painting, Ad Reinhardt had said, "it is just this and nothing else" (A. Reinhardt quoted in M. Rowlitt, "Style as Recurrence," in Ad Reinhardt and Color, exh. cat., New York, 1980, p. 26). Simply put, Reinhardt often refused any associations made to exterior meaning in his work. His use of colors and bold geometries places him in the legacy of Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg, saying as one point that he wished to go "beyond Mondrian," and prove the limitations of painting. Yet just as Mondrian sought color equilibrium in his compositions, Reinhardt's early compositions such as Untitled strive for balance and equality of color, which in turn he felt would translate ultimately to social value.