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Stanley Whitney
Untitled

2017

$9,500
£7,201.37
€8,398.72
CA$13,635.11
A$13,746.83
CHF 7,827.61
MX$167,098.43
NOK 92,401.18
SEK 92,135.91
DKK 62,779.45

About the Item

The color etchings that Stanley Whitney produced in 2017 are musical and improvisational with a spectrum of colors created in a grid that reinvigorate the mind and spirit. Each so unique and similar in design, the viewer is brought into themselves while encountering these works, the negative space allowing for contemplation of these semi-organic shapes, and how the space relates to the subject matter. Whitney uses varying line weights when placing his values, allowing the boldness of this black to be delicately explored. There are no smooth gradations of color, but what is seen is instead dramatic and spontaneous. Areas where the ink has become thin and translucent show off the blindly white background behind it, allowing the negative space within the gridlines to become more distinctive and provides texture that breaks up the lines, allowing them room to breathe. Though there is no specific subject matter, the abstract artist states in New Waves: Contemporary Art and the Issues Shaping Its Tomorrow (September 2021, Skira Publishers), “I wasn’t interested in Pop art; I wanted something with depth. When I saw Mark Rothko and Morris Louis, I felt that I was home, that was just who I was. I just embraced that, stuck to it and believed in that.” Embracing the color field and simply learning to experiment over decades with the single compositional strategy of rendering grids with seemingly inexhaustible variations of color. Overall, this work offers a delicate balance of vibrant color and organic lines to create a composition filled with poetic poise. Created in 2017, this color etching in hand signed and dated in pencil by Stanley Whitney (Philadelphia, 1964 - ) in the lower right margin. From the edition of 20 in the lower right. About the Framing: Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Stanley Whitney Untitled, 2017 is presented in a complementary moulding and optical grade Plexiglas.
  • Creator:
    Stanley Whitney (1946, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2017
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29 in (73.66 cm)Width: 39 in (99.06 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Palo Alto, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 78001stDibs: LU1567210774762

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