
Road
1969
A stark and enigmatic landscape rendered in acrylic on Celotex, Richard Artschwager's *Road* presents a receding path that draws the viewer into an ambiguous, almost photographic yet distinctly artificial space. The choice of Celotex—an industrial fiberboard material—lends the surface a unique texture that simultaneously echoes and subverts the painted image, blurring the boundary between representation and material reality. Housed in the artist's own frame, the work extends Artschwager's characteristic interrogation of the functional and aesthetic roles of everyday objects and structures.
- Medium
- acrylic on Celotex, in artist’s frame
- Dimensions
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
Notes
Execution: Executed in 1969.
🔨 Auction Lot
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March 12, 2024
Estimate: $25,000 – $35,000
Sold: $44,450
Lot 159
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