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Peter Alexander — Untitled, Turquoise Wedge
Peter Alexander

Untitled, Turquoise Wedge

2015

Untitled, Turquoise Wedge presents a compact yet luminous object that seems to generate light from within rather than simply reflect it. Cast in resin, the wedge form reads simultaneously as architectural fragment and pure color phenomenon, its translucent turquoise body catching and suspending illumination in a way that shifts dramatically depending on viewing angle and ambient light conditions. At just over sixteen centimeters in height, the piece rewards close physical proximity, rewarding the collector who lives with it daily far more than any reproduction can suggest. Peter Alexander emerged from the legendary Los Angeles Light and Space movement of the 1960s alongside figures such as James Turrell and Larry Bell, and his decades-long investigation into resin as a medium remains among the most sustained and lyrical in that tradition. By 2015, when this work was created, Alexander had refined his command of the material to a level of quiet mastery, producing objects in which form, color, and optical depth feel inseparable rather than additive. The wedge geometry is characteristic of his mature vocabulary, a shape that implies both solidity and dissolution at once. Signed by the artist and offered through NYEHAUS, this small-scale work represents an accessible point of entry into a practice of genuine historical significance. Its modest footprint makes it exceptionally versatile in a domestic or institutional setting, functioning equally well as a standalone object on a shelf or pedestal and as a considered counterpoint within a broader collection of postwar California art. The intensity of the turquoise, held in suspension within the resin, gives the piece an almost meditative presence that belies its compact dimensions.

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Peter Alexander, Untitled, Turquoise Wedge, 2015

Untitled, Turquoise Wedge presents a compact yet luminous object that seems to generate light from within rather than simply reflect it. Cast in resin, the wedge form reads simultaneously as architectural fragment and pure color phenomenon, its translucent turquoise body catching and suspending illumination in a way that shifts dramatically depending on viewing angle and ambient light conditions. At just over sixteen centimeters in height, the piece rewards close physical proximity, rewarding the collector who lives with it daily far more than any reproduction can suggest. Peter Alexander emerged from the legendary Los Angeles Light and Space movement of the 1960s alongside figures such as James Turrell and Larry Bell, and his decades-long investigation into resin as a medium remains among the most sustained and lyrical in that tradition. By 2015, when this work was created, Alexander had refined his command of the material to a level of quiet mastery, producing objects in which form, color, and optical depth feel inseparable rather than additive. The wedge geometry is characteristic of his mature vocabulary, a shape that implies both solidity and dissolution at once. Signed by the artist and offered through NYEHAUS, this small-scale work represents an accessible point of entry into a practice of genuine historical significance. Its modest footprint makes it exceptionally versatile in a domestic or institutional setting, functioning equally well as a standalone object on a shelf or pedestal and as a considered counterpoint within a broader collection of postwar California art. The intensity of the turquoise, held in suspension within the resin, gives the piece an almost meditative presence that belies its compact dimensions.

Dimensions
overall: 16.5 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm
Year
2015
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
NYEHAUS

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