Attr to Etel Adnan – Untitled (2014)

Signed on the back of artwork “Adnan 14”.

Sizes:
Frame: 59.5 × 49 cm | 23.4 × 19.3 in
Artwork: 56.5 × 47.5 cm | 22.2 × 18.7 in

This vibrant oil on canvas is a compelling example of the minimalist landscape abstraction associated with the style of Etel Adnan. The composition reduces the natural world to its most essential forms: flat, interlocking planes of saturated color that evoke mountains, fields, and a central path under a solid blue celestial body. The use of a bold, non-naturalistic palette—pink, sulfur yellow, violet, and orange—creates a rhythmic, poetic resonance typical of late-period modernist abstraction.

The work features a thick, tactile application of paint, likely executed with a palette knife, which gives the surface a rich and immediate physical presence. This technique emphasizes the materiality of the pigment while maintaining a serene, architectural balance. Housed in a simple, unfinished wooden frame that complements its raw, modernist aesthetic, this piece is a sophisticated study of light and memory, capturing the essence of the Mediterranean or California landscape in a purely chromatic form.

Presumably acquired from the artist circa 2014.
Private collection, Paris, France.
Acquired from the above in 2022 by the current owner.

Good condition with some signs of wear. Framed.

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