
After a Road to Rome I
2006
Hurvin Anderson's 2006 oil on canvas titled 'After a Road to Rome I' engages with art historical references and landscape tradition. The work combines figuration and abstraction in a contemporary reinterpretation of classical themes.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Evening Auction
October 9, 2024
Estimate: $600,000 to $800,000
Lot 16
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Peter Doig
Scottish · b. 1959

Peter Doig similarly bridges figuration and abstraction in atmospheric landscape paintings that carry a contemplative, almost dreamlike quality. His oil on canvas works engage deeply with art historical tradition while reinterpreting landscape through a distinctly contemporary lens and neutral to muted tonal palettes.

Luc Tuymans
Belgian · b. 1958

Tuymans shares Anderson's restrained, minimalist approach to oil painting, employing washed out neutral tones and quiet atmospheric tension that renders imagery simultaneously figurative and abstractly distanced. His work similarly carries a contemplative weight rooted in historical and cultural reference.

Cecily Brown
British · b. 1969

Cecily Brown works in oil on canvas and occupies a comparable space between figuration and abstraction, drawing heavily on classical art historical sources while producing works that feel distinctly contemporary. Her engagement with landscape tradition and expressive yet controlled mark making aligns closely with Anderson's reinterpretive approach.

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