Carl Andre
Carl Andre's untitled screenprint employs bold black and red ink applied directly onto ordinary typing paper, emphasizing the artist's characteristic interest in everyday, industrial materials. The work reflects Andre's Minimalist sensibility, using the unassuming ground of typing paper to challenge traditional notions of fine art printmaking. The stark simplicity of the two-color composition draws attention to the raw, unadorned qualities of both the medium and the process itself.
- Medium
- Screenprint in black and red, on typing paper, with full margins.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Editions and Works on Paper Including Works from the Piero Crommelynck Collection
April 18, 2017
Artists in conversation
Lawrence Weiner
American · b. 1942
Weiner similarly used text based and typographic elements on unassuming materials to convey Conceptual and Minimalist ideas, often employing stark black and red color schemes in printed works that challenge traditional fine art presentation.
Sol LeWitt
American · b. 1928
LeWitt shared Andre's Minimalist and Conceptual approach, producing geometric screenprints and prints on paper that emphasize stark simplicity, bold two color compositions, and the primacy of idea over precious materials.
Robert Ryman
American · b. 1930
Ryman was deeply invested in the raw, unadorned qualities of everyday surfaces and printing materials, using ordinary paper grounds to foreground the act of mark making itself, closely mirroring Andre's interest in industrial and common substrates.
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