Post War & Contemporary Art 
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Post War & Contemporary Art 
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Warren Rohrer 1927–2005

Field: 20 Minutes in June

1990
oil on linen 66¼ h × 66¼ w in (168 × 168 cm)
estimate: $18,000–24,000
result: $47,500
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Signed, titled and dated to verso 'Field: 20 Minutes in June 1990 W. Rohrer'.
provenance: Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia | Private Collection
exhibited: Warren Rohrer: Paintings 1972-1993, 22 June - 17 August 2003, Philadelphia Museum of Art

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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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