small black white blue mountain
2025
A stacked column of smooth, irregularly shaped stones painted in black, white, and blue rises with a quiet sense of precarious balance. Rondinone continues his ongoing mountain series, transforming found natural forms into totemic figures that blur the line between the organic and the artificial. The work's cool, graphic palette and reflective steel base lend it a meditative stillness that belies the raw materiality of the stone beneath.
- Medium
- painted stone and stainless steel on artist's base
- Dimensions
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
Notes
Execution: Executed in 2025, in the United States.
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction
March 3, 2026
Estimate: $20,000 – $30,000
Sold: $25,800
Lot 25
Collectors of Ugo Rondinone
Artists in conversation
Richard Long
British · b. 1945
Long similarly transforms raw natural stones and found geological materials into minimal sculptural arrangements that carry a meditative, totemic presence. His stacked and arranged stone works share Rondinone's interest in balancing organic materiality with quiet compositional order.
Andy Goldsworthy
British · b. 1956
Goldsworthy works directly with natural stones and geological forms, often stacking them into precarious vertical columns that echo Rondinone's mountain structures. His practice similarly investigates the boundary between natural materiality and deliberate artistic intervention.
Kishio Suga
Japanese · b. 1944
Suga creates minimalist sculptures using raw natural materials including stones stacked or arranged with a spare graphic clarity that closely parallels Rondinone's cool, meditative aesthetic. Both artists use elemental forms and restrained palettes to generate a sense of stillness and focused contemplation.
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