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Finite

$3,600.00

Description

This work is from Edward Renouf’s Infïnites series in which he used what he referred to as “sgraffïto,” a technique of scratching minute scribbles through wet black oil paint with a pin point, revealing tiny traces of the gray acrylic beneath. Emanating from his long fascination with “the aleatory richness of random, often messy, and evidently impulsive quick lines” in Rembrandt’s drawings, Renouf’s planes of tiny jittery gestures culminate as “abstract drawings of a calligraphy that represent nothing but itself.” Renouf has stated: “Philosophically, my INFINITES are an emphatic statement of the unitary nature of existence.” Intensely aware of the Far East’s “aesthetic and intuitive genius and the so convincingly rational philosophical religions,” Renouf approached painting as object and image at once, seeking “the holistic grasp of existential unity” and “paradox without which no profound understanding is possible.”

Additional information

Medium

Oil on Panel, Painting

Date

Signing, Dating, and Titling

Framing

Condition

Excellent Condition

Type

Paintings

Details

Medium:
Oil on masonite.
Date:
1974
Signature:
Hand-signed, dated, and titled in ink or paint by the artist en verso.
Framing:
Professionally framed with a cloth mat and a liner.
Condition:
Excellent condition.
Panel Size:
24 in. (h) x 16 in. (w)
Framed Size:
37 in. (h) x 28 in. (w) x 2 in. (d)
Provenance:
From the Artist to the Allan Stone Gallery thence to the Washington Color Gallery

Price & Purchase

Price:
$3,600