Stillness: Hammershøi and American Minimalism

NEW YORK 22 APRIL– 17 MAY 2024

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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VILHELM HAMMERSHØI 1864-1916

ROBERT MANGOLD b. 1937

Study of Standing Woman, Seen from Behind

Square Within a Square (Warm-grey)

oil on canvas 21 1/8 x 14 in. (53.7 x 35.6 cm) Painted in 1884/1888.

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.

On Loan

Price Upon Request

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VILHELM HAMMERSHØI 1864-1916

SOL LEWITT 1928-2007

Interior with Windsor Chair

Alternative Straight, Not Straight and Broken Lines

oil on canvas 29 x 21 1/2 in. (73.7 x 54.6 cm) Painted in 1913.

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.

On Loan

Price Upon Request

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waiting for image

AGNES MARTIN 1912-2004

VILHELM HAMMERSHØI 1864-1916

Untitled #10

Landscape from Virum Near Frederiksdal, Summer

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.

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

On Loan

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ANNI ALBERS 1899-1994

VILHELM HAMMERSHØI 1864-1916

Triadic DR III

Courtyard Interior at Strandgade 30

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.

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.

Price Upon Request

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On Loan

CARL ANDRE 1935-2024

ROBERT RYMAN 1930-2019

Steel ∑ 4

Sign

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.

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

Price Upon Request

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BRICE MARDEN 1938-2023

VILHELM HAMMERSHØI 1864-1916

African Drawing 23

Study drawing after plaster cast of ancient Greek Aphrodite, torso from circa 500 B.C.

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

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

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AGNES MARTIN 1912-2004

VILHELM HAMMERSHØI 1864-1916

Untitled (Blue-Rose)

Interior with Stove

watercolor, ink and graphite on paper 11 x 11 in. (27.9 x 27.9 cm) Executed in 1993.

signed with the artist’s initials “VH” lower right oil on canvas 26 5/8 x 22 in. (67.6 x 55.9 cm) Painted in 1909.

On Loan On Loan

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CARL ANDRE 1935-2024

VILHELM HAMMERSHØI 1864-1916

RUINSOFACCOUNTIRRETRIEXTRAORDOORWAYCHAMBERGIGANTIDEATHSHHUMANFICOLOSS

Interior of Woman Placing Branches in Vase on Table

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

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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

AGNES MARTIN 1912-2004

KENNETH NOLAND 1924-2010

Untitled

Flares: Drape

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.

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.

On Loan Price Upon Request

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