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Property from a Prestigious European Collection

Robert Ryman

Five

Auction Closed

May 14, 09:30 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Prestigious European Collection

Robert Ryman

1930 - 2019


Five

signed, dated 64 and numbered 1-5 (lower center of each)

charcoal and pastel on Chemex coffee filter papers, in 5 parts

diameter of each: 12 ⅜ in.

31.4 cm.

Executed in 1964.


This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being organized by David Gray under number 1964.128.

Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich

Francoise Karshan-Esselier, Paris (acquired in 1970)

John Weber Gallery, New York (acquired in 1977)

Peder Bonnier Gallery, New York

Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles (acquired in 1981)

Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich (acquired in 1985)

Acquired from the above circa 1993 by the present owner

Exh. Cat., New York, Fischbach Gallery, Robert Ryman, Delta Paintings 1966, February - March 1970, n.p., panel 2 illustrated

Phyllis Tuchman, "An Interview with Robert Ryman," Artforum, issue 9, May 1971, p. 48, panel 2 illustrated

Exh. Cat., New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Robert Ryman, March - April 1972, n.p., panel 2 illustrated

Exh. Cat., Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Bilder, Objekte, Filme, Konzepte, 1973, p. 156

Naomi Spector, "Robert Ryman: Suite of Seven Aquatints, 1972; Nine Unique Aquatints," Art & Project Bulletin, issue 70, 1972, n.p.

Exh Cat., Kunsthalle Basel, Robert Ryman, June - August 1975, no. 11, panel 2 illustrated

Exh. Cat., London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, September - October 1977, p. 11, panel 2 illustrated

Naomi Spector, Some Ryman Words, New York, 1981, n.p.

Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie Maeght Lelong, Ryman: Peintures Récentes, 1984, p. 14, panel 2 illustrated and p. 27, illustrated

Exh. Cat., Kunsthalle Basel, Von Twombly bis Clemente. Ausgewählte Werke einer Privatsammlung , July - September 1985, no. 18, n.p., illustrated in color

Exh. Cat., Zurich, Haus für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, Regel und Abweichung. Schweiz konstruktiv 1960-1997, October 1998 - April 1998, p. 25, panel 2 illustrated

Exh. Cat., New York, Dia: Chelsea, Robert Ryman, December 2015 - July 2016, p. 249

Aarau, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Radikal auf Papier, February - March 1990

Kunsthaus Zug, Das Einfache ist das Schwierige, November 1993 - January 1994

Zurich, Daros Exhibitions, Face to Face: The Daros Collections, Part 2, March - September 2008, p. 170, pp. 248-249, illustrated in color