CHRISTOPHER MALLORY WILMARTH (1943-1987) - Lot 78

CHRISTOPHER MALLORY WILMARTH (1943-1987) Double Clearing, 1973 Sculpture on glass, signed 41 x 82 x 2.5 cm PROVENANCE Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, 1996. a discreet but singular artist, whose work is rooted in a form of sensitive abstraction. He works with matter with an almost meditative attention, blending pure forms and internal tensions. His practice, often sculptural, dialogues with emptiness, balance, and a certain formal rigor. Double Clearing (1973) is a sculpture that perfectly embodies this approach. Two forms open up and respond to each other, as if suspended in space. Versilion, a smooth, dense synthetic a smooth, dense synthetic material, creates a subtle play of light and contrast. The work seems between tension and appeasement. Please ask for condition reports before sale: they are not included in the listing.