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Frank Auerbach — From the Studios
Frank Auerbach

From the Studios

1986

"From the Studios" is an oil painting by Frank Auerbach that exemplifies his characteristic gestural abstraction and thick impasto technique. The work depicts an interior studio space rendered through densely layered brushstrokes and a muted, earthy palette that conveys both the physical materiality of the painting process and the spatial complexity of the artist's working environment. Auerbach's approach emphasizes the act of painting itself, transforming the mundane subject matter into an expression of artistic creation through his distinctive expressive handling of oil paint.

Medium
oil on canvas

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Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction

March 4, 2025

Estimate: $2,000,000$3,000,000

Lot 25

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Frank Auerbach, From the Studios, 1986

"From the Studios" is an oil painting by Frank Auerbach that exemplifies his characteristic gestural abstraction and thick impasto technique. The work depicts an interior studio space rendered through densely layered brushstrokes and a muted, earthy palette that conveys both the physical materiality of the painting process and the spatial complexity of the artist's working environment. Auerbach's approach emphasizes the act of painting itself, transforming the mundane subject matter into an expression of artistic creation through his distinctive expressive handling of oil paint.

Medium
oil on canvas
Year
1986
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

20th Century, Energetic Mood, British Artist, Oil Paint, Urban Subject Matter, Abstract Expressionism, Gestural Abstraction, Studio Interior, Canvas Painting, Impasto Technique

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