Anselm REYLE Untitled - 2006 Acrylic and collage of aluminium foil on canvas Signed and dated on the back 224 x 189.5 x 4.5 cm Acrylic and collage of aluminium foil ; signed and dated on the reverse 88,18 x 74,60 x 1,77 in. The lot is a temporary import. The buyer will have to pay import charges, i.e. 5.5% in addition to the hammer price. The work is in temporary import. The buyer will have to pay import fees of 5,5% in addition to the hammer price, unless the buyer immediately re-exports the lot outside the European union. Provenance: Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin Acquired directly from the latter by the current owner "I don't want to simply take something and present it as an available form. I approach it more like a found object that I come across because it fascinates me and I intensify that fascination, which makes me want to show it." / I don't just want to take something and present it as an available form. I approach it more as a found object that I encounter because it fascinates me, and I intensify this fascination, which makes me want to show it." Anselm Reyle, 21 December 2016 EN Anselm Reyle's work is intimately linked to modernism, at once borrowing, criticising and reinventing its conventions. Reyle's abstract sculptures and paintings are made with fluorescent colours, found objects and shiny common materials, including aluminium foil, glitter and mirrors. Inspired by early abstract painter Otto Freundlich and using techniques pioneered by Jackson Pollock and Barnett Newman, Reyle consciously returns to aspects such as the hard-edged stripes and gestural brushstrokes of Abstract Expressionism. EN The work of Anselm Reyle is intimately linked to Modernism, borrowing, critiquing, and reinventing its conventions all at once. Reyle's abstract sculptures and paintings are made with fluorescent colors, found objects, and shiny common materials including foil, glitter, and mirrors. Inspired by early abstract painter Otto Freundlich and using techniques innovated by Jackson Pollock and Barnett Newman, Reyle self-consciously revives aspects such as Hard-Edged stripes and the gestural brushstrokes of Abstract Expressionism. Anselm REYLE "I don't want simply to take something and present it as an available form. Rather, I approach it as a found object that I encounter because it fascinates me, and I intensify that fascination, which makes me want to show it." / I don't just want to take something and present it as an available form. I approach it more as a found object that I encounter because it fascinates me, and I intensify this fascination, which makes me want to show it." Anselm Reyle, 21 December 2016 EN Anselm Reyle's work is intimately linked to modernism, at once borrowing, criticising and reinventing its conventions. Reyle's abstract sculptures and paintings are made with fluorescent colours, found objects and shiny common materials, including aluminium foil, glitter and mirrors. Inspired by early abstract painter Otto Freundlich and using techniques pioneered by Jackson Pollock and Barnett Newman, Reyle consciously returns to aspects such as the hard-edged stripes and gestural brushstrokes of Abstract Expressionism. EN The work of Anselm Reyle is intimately linked to Modernism, borrowing, critiquing, and reinventing its conventions all at once. Reyle's abstract sculptures and paintings are made with fluorescent colors, found objects, and shiny common materials including foil, glitter, and mirrors. Inspired by early abstract painter Otto Freundlich and using techniques innovated by Jackson Pollock and Barnett Newman, Reyle self-consciously revives aspects such as Hard-Edged stripes and the gestural brushstrokes of Abstract Expressionism.