{"product_id":"robert-ryman-on-the-bowery-screenprint-1969","title":"ROBERT RYMAN \"ON THE BOWERY\" SCREENPRINT, 1969","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/robert-ryman\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert Ryman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1930–2019) was one of the most important American artists associated with Minimalism. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver a career spanning six decades, he developed a distinctive visual language through an almost exclusive investigation of white, exploring the relationship between colour, surface, texture, and light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnlike many of his contemporaries, Ryman was less interested in illusion, representation, or narrative than in the physical experience of looking. His paintings often employ \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003evariations of white to explore subtle distinctions in brushwork, texture, and luminosity. For Ryman, white was not an absence of colour but an expansive field of possibilities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis untitled screenprint belongs to the important portfolio \u003cem\u003eOn the Bowery\u003c\/em\u003e, which brought together ten artists living or working in Manhattan's Bowery neighbourhood in 1970, including Cy Twombly, Robert Indiana, Richard Smith, and Les Levine. The portfolio offers a remarkable cross-section of the diverse artistic practices emerging in downtown New York at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRyman's contribution is an early example of his distinctive white-on-white visual language. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDeceptively restrained, the composition reveals the complexity and expressive potential of subtle variations in surface, tone, and gesture. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is an especially interesting example of Ryman translating his exacting approach to painting into the language of printmaking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUntitled, from \u003cem\u003eOn the Bowery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1969\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScreenprint on Schodles-Hammer paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNumbered 92\/100 in pencil, upper middle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned and dated in pencil, lower middle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: 100\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by Edition Domberger KG, Bonlanden, Germany; with their blindstamp, lower left\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e25.5\"H 25.5\"W (sheet)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e27\"H 27\"W (framed)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiterature: Sandback RRG1\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Ryman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68098531885292,"sku":"11-26","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Robert-Ryman-Untitled_01.jpg?v=1793984620","url":"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/products\/robert-ryman-on-the-bowery-screenprint-1969","provider":"Caviar20","version":"1.0","type":"link"}