75 YEARS OF NEW CONTEMPORARIES
ANNE ROTHENSTEIN (B. 1949)
Trio
Details
ANNE ROTHENSTEIN (B. 1949)
Trio
signed with the artist’s initials ‘AR’ (lower left)
monoprint, collage and paint on cardboard
14⅝ x 11¾in. (37 x 30cm.)
Executed in 2022
Trio
signed with the artist’s initials ‘AR’ (lower left)
monoprint, collage and paint on cardboard
14⅝ x 11¾in. (37 x 30cm.)
Executed in 2022
Provenance
Courtesy of Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York.
Exhibition
Firle, Charleston, Anne Rothenstein, 2024.
Further details
New Contemporaries (1988) Limited (registered in England with charity number 1013848) will receive a minimum amount of 80% of the sale price for this artwork.
Anne Rothenstein's enigmatic works are frequently characterised by a dreamlike quality. Drawing inspirationfrom found imagery, she works instinctively to communicate atmosphere and psychological tension. Largely celebrated for her painting practice, Rothenstein started making collages "when I had a sort of painters block... The idea of making a coherent image out of cut out paper, instead of having to deal with my complicated relationship with paint, appealed to me." Speaking of her process, the artist remarks, "I have a huge collection of vintage ephemera, old bills, letters, newspapers etc which were ideal material. I spent a day learning the very basics of mono printing which in turn became the backbone of the collages. Now I print my own paper, often on the vintage paper and often using the wood blocks I rescued from my father's studio."
Anne Rothenstein's enigmatic works are frequently characterised by a dreamlike quality. Drawing inspirationfrom found imagery, she works instinctively to communicate atmosphere and psychological tension. Largely celebrated for her painting practice, Rothenstein started making collages "when I had a sort of painters block... The idea of making a coherent image out of cut out paper, instead of having to deal with my complicated relationship with paint, appealed to me." Speaking of her process, the artist remarks, "I have a huge collection of vintage ephemera, old bills, letters, newspapers etc which were ideal material. I spent a day learning the very basics of mono printing which in turn became the backbone of the collages. Now I print my own paper, often on the vintage paper and often using the wood blocks I rescued from my father's studio."
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