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

Gray Roses

1967
oil on canvas in artist's frame 15⅛ h × 14⅛ w in (38 × 36 cm)
estimate: $4,000–6,000
result: $21,250
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Signed to lower edge ‘Rohrer’. Signed, titled and dated to verso ‘Gray Roses 1967 W Rohrer’.
provenance: The Woodmere Art Gallery, Chestnut Hill, PA | Makler Gallery, Philadelphia | Private Collection

This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.

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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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