The artwork Skywall #8 by Richard Alpert features a dense, textured surface with subtle variations in pale mauve and muted lavender tones. The intricate, almost pointillist pattern evokes minimalist and abstract expressionist styles reminiscent of artists like Agnes Martin and Mark Rothko, focusing on color field and delicate repetition for a meditative effect.

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The artwork Skywall #8 by Richard Alpert features a dense, textured surface with subtle variations in pale mauve and muted lavender tones. The intricate, almost pointillist pattern evokes minimalist and abstract expressionist styles reminiscent of artists like Agnes Martin and Mark Rothko, focusing on color field and delicate repetition for a meditative effect.

Skwall #8

Original Artwork

Dimensions: 39.5" x 30.125"

Medium: Oil on gessoed paper

$7,300

$7,300

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The work comes with a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist.

Richard Alpert

Richard Alpert

Born in New York, NY / Works in Penngrove, CA

Richard H. Alpert is an American sculptor, abstract filmmaker, and performance artist born in New York City in 1947. He is a recipient of the 1979-1980 National Endowment for the Arts Artist's Fellowship Grant. Exhibitions include various venues and formats in the USA, Europe, and Japan, including the Petzel Gallery, NYC; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Conceptual Art and Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA; The American Center, Paris, France; and Kermin Prefecture Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

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