
Towering high above the viewer’s eye,
A mixed media work by Günther Förg combining acrylic and lead on wood, creating a minimalist composition that towers above the viewer's perspective. The layered materials suggest themes of monumentality and spatial presence.
- Medium
- acrylic on lead on wood
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale
February 13, 2020
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Anselm Kiefer
German · b. 1945

Kiefer similarly employs heavy industrial and unconventional materials like lead combined with paint on monumental surfaces, creating works with an overwhelming physical presence and layered materiality that commands the viewer's spatial experience.

Donald Judd
American · b. 1928

Judd's minimalist works share the same commitment to geometric form, industrial materials, and the deliberate manipulation of scale to assert a powerful spatial and physical relationship between the artwork and the viewer's body.

Gerhard Richter
German · b. 1932

Richter's large scale acrylic works on rigid supports explore similar minimalist and abstract territories, using restrained color fields and material weight to create a commanding sense of monumentality and contemplative presence.
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