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Warren Rohrer 1927–2005

Event Gray

1979
oil on linen 14 h × 14 w in (36 × 36 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $5,000
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Signed to lower edge ‘W. Rohrer’. Signed, titled and dated to verso ‘1979 W Rohrer Event Gray’.
provenance: The Artist | Collection of Carlton Willers | Acquired from the previous c. 1990 by the present owner

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Fields fallow to their full ripeness

Skin of eggplant, inside and out

Ripples converging on the frog pond

Light, shade, veils, fog, haze, stubble, tassel...

These are the things I look at but they are not my subjects. 

My subject is the STROKE. A color event sets me off. 

From the ground of the canvas to the final layer of

paint I work at maintaining a life of stroke and color

— to make a live painting. 


Warren Rohrer, September 1976

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