This could be it
2013
Christian Rosa's 'This could be it' (2013) is a mixed-media work on canvas combining enamel paint, corn oil, graphite, oil stick, charcoal, and oil. The layering of diverse materials creates a complex, textured surface that invites multiple interpretations.
- Medium
- enamel paint, corn oil, graphite, oil stick, charcoal and oil on canvas
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
October 3, 2019
Estimate: $10,000 to $15,000
Sold: $13,750
Artists in conversation
Cy Twombly
American · b. 1928
Twombly similarly combined graphite, oil, and gestural mark making on canvas to create layered surfaces that feel simultaneously raw and expressive. His works share the same loose, intuitive energy and multi material approach seen in Rosa's piece.
Basquiat
American · b. 1960
Basquiat built up densely layered surfaces using oil stick, charcoal, and mixed media in a bold gestural manner that closely mirrors the expressive material complexity of Rosa's work. Both artists embrace an energetic accumulation of marks that feels urgent and immediate.
Albert Oehlen
German · b. 1954
Oehlen incorporates unconventional materials and layered abstract gestures into large scale canvases that share the same bold multicolored and expressive quality found in Rosa's piece. His willingness to mix industrial and traditional media creates similarly complex textured surfaces.
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