NEW YORK
22 APRIL– 17 MAY 2024
PhillipsX is pleased to present Stillness: Hammershøi and American Minimalism, featuring works by the Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi from the turn of the last century, alongside major American Minimalists Anni Albers, Sol Lewitt, Robert Mangold, and Agnes Martin among others.
Hammershøi took radical steps towards diluting his subject matters to their barest essentials, suffusing his work with a wholly unique atmosphere. He employed a minimalist palette to create interior scenes that, to this day, surprise the viewer with their modern sensibility.
Stillness exhibits Hammershøi’s remarkable paintings alongside another group of artists radical within the framework of their own historical moments, the American Minimalists. These artists working from the 1950s into the later twentieth century similarly distilled their compositions to the purest of formal elements, eliminating figuration, representation, and symbolism. Through their art-making, both Hammershoi and the American Minimalists sought a separate stillness that boldly questioned inherited norms of art and representation.
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22 APRIL – 17 MAY 2024
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VILHELM HAMMERSHØI 1864-1916
Study of Standing Woman, Seen from Behind oil on canvas
21 1/8 x 14 in. (53.7 x 35.6 cm) Painted in 1884/1888.
On Loan
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ROBERT MANGOLD b. 1937
Square Within a Square (Warm-grey) signed, titled and dated “Robert Mangold Square Within a Square (Warm-grey) 1974” on the reverse acrylic and pencil on canvas 36 x 36 in. (91.4 x 91.4 cm) Painted in 1974.
Price Upon Request
VILHELM HAMMERSHØI 1864-1916
Interior with Windsor Chair
oil on canvas
29 x 21 1/2 in. (73.7 x 54.6 cm)
Painted in 1913.
On Loan
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SOL LEWITT 1928-2007
Alternative Straight, Not Straight and Broken Lines
signed, titled and dated “Alternate Straight, Not Straight and Broken Lines / Sol LeWitt / January 18, 1973” lower edge
graphite and ink on paper
11 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (28.6 x 28.6 cm)
Executed in 1973.
Price Upon Request
AGNES MARTIN 1912-2004
Untitled #10 signed and dated “a. martin/ ‘98” on the reverse acrylic and graphite on canvas 60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm) Painted in 1998.
On Loan
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VILHELM HAMMERSHØI 1864-1916
Landscape from Virum Near Frederiksdal, Summer signed with the artist’s initials “VH” lower left oil on canvas 10 x 17 1/2 in. (25.4 x 44.5 cm) Painted in 1888.
On Loan
ANNI ALBERS 1899-1994
Triadic DR III
signed and dated “Anni Albers 1969” lower right; titled “Triadic DR III” lower left; numbered “9” on the reverse ink and graphite on paper
20 1/4 x 17 1/2 in. (51.4 x 44.5 cm)
Executed in 1969, this work is registered with the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation under archive no. 1994.10.29.
Price Upon Request
VILHELM HAMMERSHØI
1864-1916
Courtyard Interior at Strandgade 30
signed with the artist’s initials “VH” lower left oil on canvas mounted on Masonite
32 x 21 1/2 in. (81.3 x 54.6 cm)
Painted circa 1905.
On Loan
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CARL ANDRE 1935-2024
Steel ∑ 4
hot-rolled steel, in 10 parts
each: 3/8 x 12 x 12 in. (1 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)
overall: 3/8 x 48 x 48 in. (1 x 122 x 122 cm)
Executed in 1978, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
Price Upon Request
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ROBERT RYMAN 1930-2019
Sign
signed, titled and dated “RYMAN 82 SIGN” on the overlap oil paint, Enamelac on stretched cotton with 2 aluminum brackets and 4 six-sided bolts
35 x 32 x 3 1/2 in. (88.9 x 81.3 x 8.9 cm)
Executed in 1982, this work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné project being organized by David Gray under number 82.436.
Price Upon Request
BRICE MARDEN 1938-2023
African Drawing 23
signed and dated “B. Marden 11-12” lower center
Kremer ink and Kremer white shellac on paper
15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.9 cm)
Executed in 2011-2012.
On Loan
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VILHELM HAMMERSHØI 1864-1916
Study drawing after plaster cast of ancient Greek Aphrodite, torso from circa 500 B.C.
signed with the artist’s initials “VH” upper right; numbered “10” lower left; signed “Vilhelm Hammershøi” on the reverse charcoal on paper
30 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. (76.8 x 49.5 cm)
Executed circa 1880.
On Loan
CARL ANDRE 1935-2024
RUINSOFACCOUNTIRRETRIEXTRAORDOORWAYCHAMBERGIGANTIDEATHSHHUMAN-
FICOLOSS
signed and dated “@ carl andre © 1972” lower right; inscribed “YUCA C42 C-12” on the reverse
Xerox on paper
11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
Executed in 1972.
Price Upon Request
VILHELM HAMMERSHØI 1864-1916
Interior of Woman Placing Branches in Vase on Table signed with the artist’s initials “VH” lower right oil on canvas
15 7/8 x 15 1/2 in. (40.3 x 39.4 cm) Painted in 1900.
On Loan
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AGNES MARTIN 1912-2004
Untitled signed and dated “a. martin ‘95” lower right watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper 9 x 9 in. (22.9 x 22.9 cm) Executed in 1995. On Loan
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KENNETH NOLAND 1924-2010
Flares: Drape signed, titled and dated “FLARES DRAPE Kenneth Noland © 1991” on the reverse acrylic on canvas mounted on panel with Plexiglas 28 1/4 x 20 1/2 in. (71.8 x 52.1 cm) Painted in 1991. Price Upon