Classico 5 — Fine Art

Classico 5 - 1968 belongs to the post war american painting period where Robert Ryman worked with white and grey paint on paper and canvas. The work uses simple shapes and repeated bands to study how the surface looks under light.

This fine art print is ready to hang on arrival. The paper is matte, so the pale greys do not catch a glare from a lamp. A light frame on a dark wall lets the white bands stand apart from the room. A dark frame on a pale wall keeps the marks from fading into the background.

On a kitchen wall at waist height, the bands read as flat shapes across the room. From the sink you see the broad white and grey sections. At the table you notice the brush lines along the edges of each band.