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費南度·索培爾
描述
- Fernando Zobel
- 白色工作室
- 款識:畫家簽名;簽名、書題目、標記72-38並紀年1972(背面)
- 油彩畫布
Condition
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
拍品資料及來源
This piece is a work of concerted minimalism. A slim, tapered white stroke divides this work into two areas of gray. The gray below the line takes on a dark character, concentrated at the line itself and fading into the field of beige, carrying with it a hint of a sea green. The above the line is far lighter, acting as a faded reflection of the shape of the dark gray below, foregoing its intensity for a quiet and subtle position of difference to the rest of the canvas. This movement of gray is met with a harsh stop on its left, as if it is a comet that has crashed into an invisible wall.
Zobel’s works deny us the ease of three-dimensional form. Rather, he reaches toward an understanding of the world mediated through the flat two-dimensional, seeing in painting the potential for a way of knowing that is more true to the realities of its medium. At first glance an image of simplicity, this work contains the multitudes of a world as interpreted through the eyes of an unparalleled artist.