Robert Ryman’s discovery of the emotive qualities of paint | Christie's

Painted in the pivotal early years of 1961-1963, Robert Ryman’s incredibly rare, large-scale canvas is a riveting discovery of the emotive qualities of paint.
Across the vast and opulent expanse, Ryman creates an intoxicating fusion of mark making, with peaks and valleys of dramatic impasto revealing hints of turquoise, verdant greens, searing ochers and warm umbers.
Rejecting the flat colorful bravado of the dominant Pop Art movement, Ryman’s paintings are quiet, considered essays on the beauty, essence and expressive nature of the medium that has sustained artists for centuries.
20th Century Evening Sale | New York | 16 May

[@MichaelCanning]

Beautiful painting

[@milootje007]

That is beautiful.

[@qow2427]

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[@ChristianAndrew1.4]

Textural and mysterious yes, Emotive? meh'.

[@stevenwilliambaylessparks3730]

The dustbin of art history awaits.