einundzwanzigstermaizweitausenddreiundzwanzig
2023
A serene, minimalist watercolor on canvas by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone, featuring two horizontal bands of contrasting greens — a yellow-green upper field and a vivid emerald lower band — punctuated by a single teal circle in the upper right quadrant. The work belongs to Rondinone's ongoing series of date-titled paintings, where the title translates from German as 'twenty-first of May two thousand and twenty-three.' Presented in the artist's signature natural wood frame, the raw, unprimed edges of the canvas are left visible, reinforcing the handmade, meditative quality. This is a unique work — not an edition — making it an exceptionally rare and collectible example from this celebrated series.
- Medium
- Watercolor on canvas, artist's frame
- Dimensions
Notes
Unique work (not an edition). Dimensions: 13 × 19 × 2 in | 33 × 48.3 × 5 cm. Artist's frame included. Signature listed as 'Not signed' per listing source. Title is German for 'twenty-first of May two thousand and twenty-three.' Source: mobile app listing screenshot (appears to be Artsy or similar platform).
Collectors of Ugo Rondinone
Artists in conversation
Ellsworth Kelly
American · b. 1923
Kelly's paintings frequently feature flat, hard edged fields of saturated color divided into horizontal or geometric bands, closely paralleling Rondinone's two toned green composition. Both artists reduce painting to its most elemental form through clean color relationships and spare geometric punctuation.
Gary Hume
British · b. 1962
Hume's paintings employ smooth, luminous fields of flat color with simple circular or organic forms floating within minimal compositions, mirroring Rondinone's single teal circle against banded color fields. Both artists share a commitment to sensuous color, restraint, and a quietly meditative tone.
Olivier Mosset
Swiss · b. 1944
Mosset, also a Swiss artist working in radical minimalist abstraction, produces monochromatic and simply organized canvases that share Rondinone's commitment to spare geometry, flat color, and the reduction of painting to essential formal elements. Both artists operate within a conceptually rigorous yet visually serene minimalist tradition.
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