
The sudden and tragic death of modernism no. 4
1998
A monumental multi-panel oil painting, Anton Henning's work fractures the visual field across nine canvases, weaving together bold gestural abstraction with fragments of figurative imagery in a riotous collision of color and form. Henning interrogates the legacy of modernist painting by simultaneously celebrating and dismantling its conventions, layering art-historical references with a knowing irreverence. The work operates as both eulogy and dark comedy, staging modernism's demise with theatrical excess and painterly exuberance.
- Medium
- oil on canvas, in 9 parts
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- Auction House · Phillips
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December 7, 2017
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