
Antiques
1991
Albert Oehlen's 1991 work on paper combines gouache, ballpoint pen, and graphite in a composition titled Antiques. The mixed-media approach creates layered abstract forms and gestural marks.
- Medium
- gouache, ballpoint pen and graphite on paper
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art
September 25, 2024
Lot 94
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Artists in conversation

Martin Kippenberger
German · b. 1953

Kippenberger similarly combined raw gestural marks with mixed media on paper, blending irreverent figuration and abstraction with ballpoint pen and paint in works that share the same layered, antimonumental energy found in Antiques.

Sigmar Polke
German · b. 1941

Polke worked extensively with gouache and graphite on paper, layering abstract and gestural forms with a similarly experimental and materially hybrid sensibility that closely parallels Oehlen's approach in this 1991 work.

Günther Förg
German · b. 1952

Förg produced numerous works on paper combining gestural abstraction with graphite and gouache, sharing the same loose painterly marks and layered compositional structure that define this particular Oehlen piece.
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