URobert Ryman, Akukho sihloko Ityikityiwe yaza yabhalwa ngomhla wama-61, i-oyile kwinqwelo, 48 3/4 x 48 3/4 intshi, Est. $ 15/20 yezigidi. (Ifoto ngoncedo lukaSotheby's)
$ 20 yezigidi ze ukupeyinta okumhlophe konke? Iimarike zegcisa le-monochromatic uRobert Ryman sele eza kutshintsha, kakhulu, okanye ubuncinci yile nto uSotheby abheja kuyo enkulu ngokudibanisa nomsebenzi wexabiso eliphezulu opeyintwe ngumzobi waseMelika Nge-11 kaNovemba ukuthengiswa kweArt Contemporary Art .
I-Sotheby's kulindeleke ukuba ibhengeze kule veki ukuba umsebenzi we-conceptualist oneminyaka engama-84 ubudala, owaziwayo (kunye nokugculelwa, nangona kuphela ngabantu bezobugcisa behlabathi) ngenxa yeentlobo ngeentlobo zemizobo emhlophe emhlophe. . Uqhushumbo lwe- $ 15 yezigidi ukuya kwi-20 yezigidi zeedola uqikelelo ngokuyimfuneko luyiphinda kabini irekhodi lomrhwebi okhoyo wegcisa.
Akukho sihloko, (Ngo-1961) ngumsebenzi obunjiweyo opeyintiweyo ngohlangothi, ukulinganisa ii-intshi ezingama-48¾ isikwere, emhlophe qwa ngombala ohlaza okwesibhakabhaka noluhlaza. Kwiminyaka esibhozo eyadlulayo, umzobo omhlophe omhlophe we-Ryman's ukusukela ngo-1962 wathengisa nge-9.6 yezigidi zeedola eSotheby's, ebeka irekhodi elime njalo. Umzobo wangoku uqinisekisiwe yindlu buqu-ilungiselelo eliyingozi elithetha ukuba indlu yefandesi ithembise umthengisi ngexabiso eliphantsi nokuba umntu uphakamisa isimbo sakhe sentengiso kwintengiso.
Ixabiso likaRyman lolunye lweentelekelelo ezithembekileyo ezisandula ukubhengezwa nguSotheby — abanye basenokuthi bazithembe ngokungacacanga, okanye uqikelelo oluphezulu, kuxhomekeke kwintuthuzelo yakho ngomngcipheko-oya kwixesha lalo kwifandesi ye-blockbuster. Inkampani iya kubonelela ngemifanekiso emibini yoothixo ababhinqileyo, INew York Times ixelwe , Inye yeAlberto Giacometti engama-57 ubude Nqola, umsebenzi onomtsalane onokuthi ulwelwe ngamandla, kwaye omnye u-Amedeo Modigliani unomdla Intloko , kwaye kulindeleke ukuba babone ngaphezulu kwe- $ 145 yezigidi kuzo zombini zidityanisiwe kwintengiso yabo ye-4 ye-Impressionist kunye ne-Modern. Idola entle ye-50 yezigidi uVincent van Gogh kunye ne-20 yezigidi zeJasper Johns iflegi ejikeleze eyona minikelo iphambili. 
URobert Ryman (ngobuGcisa Art21)
Ke ngubani umbono wokuba liphuphe kangaka? Ndacinga ukuba ikhona into enokwenziwa kwintengiso, yiyo loo nto ixabiso layo liphezulu, utshilo u-Alexander Rotter, oyintloko-ntloko yeSebe le-Sotheby le-Worldwide Contemporary Art department, onikwe inkululeko enkulu okoko waxhasa intengiso enkulu yenkampani njalo, $ 381 yezigidi, ngo-Novemba ophelileyo. Uluntu lufuna isiqwenga esikhulu sokunyusa imarike [yeRyman] kwaye siyinikeze umqondiso wokuba ingaya phi. Isibhakabhaka ngumda walo mzobo.
Isicwangciso esiliqili esime kakuhle sendlu yendlu yokutsiba kwimarike yomculi othile ngesiqwenga esinye; Ixabiso eliphezulu elikhokelela ekuziseni umsebenzi ofanayo ngaphandle kwekhabethe kunye nabaqokeleli, abathengisi kunye nabaqageli banokukhwela umtshangatshangiso ukuya kumaxabiso aphezulu. Umqokeleli othengisa le wayithenga eSotheby ngama-550,000 eedola ngo-1988.
Ngokubanzi, bambalwa kakhulu iiRymans eziye zabetha kwifandesi. Umjongi Ndathetha noMnu Rotter malunga nesizathu. Uthe, uRyman ubukhulu becala uyinxalenye yengqokelela engeyoyentengiselwano, imisebenzi yakhe ayithengiswa kakhulu. Oku kunokuba, ngokuyinxenye, kuba ukuxabisa okubonakala kukuncinci, ubuhle be-monochrome kunzima kubaqokeleli bokuzisonga iintloko zabo ngeenxa zonke, kunye neebhegi zabo. Kweso sifundo, uMnu Rotter uqaphele ukuba, imarike khange ihlawule kakhulu, esongeza, nangona imizobo ibonakala ilula, inzima kakhulu njengoko ethatha ixesha elininzi kulowo nalowo.
Umnumzana Ryman akaka phenduli kwimiyalezo eseleyo kwigalari yakhe, Isantya, efuna izimvo.
URyman wafumana ingqwalaselo enkulu, uninzi lwayo lwalungalunganga, xa umdlalo weArt wawubaleka eWest End yaseLondon naseBroadway kwiminyaka yoo-1990. (Kamva iphumelele iTony yoDlalo oluDlamkileyo.) Umdlalo uchaphazela abathathu babahlobo babo ubuhlobo babo buza kutshatyalaliswa xa umntu echitha isixa esikhulu semisebenzi emhlophe emhlophe. Kodwa kukho abaqokeleli abanomdla ongazenzisiyo ngomsebenzi kaRyman, kwaye indawo yakhe kwimbali yobugcisa behlabathi, ukutsho nje okuncinci, engenakuphikiswa, njengoko iMyuziyam yoBugcisa bale mihla ineeRymans ezingama-28 kwingqokelela yayo.
U-Sotheby ufune umzobo we-1961, uMnu Rotter uthe; Umthumeli ngumqokeleli owaziwayo waseYurophu, obenayo iminyaka emininzi. Umnini wobunini uhamba ngegalari kaSodolophu waseLondon, enye intengiso eSotheby's ngo-1974, ingqokelela yabucala e-Italiya, kunye neNew York's John Weber Gallery. Sasiyifuna ngenene esi siqwenga kwaye simzingela ixesha elide, utshilo uMnu Rotter. Ubungakanani bayo buyenza inqabile xa kuthelekiswa neminye (ubukhulu becala incinci) iyasebenza uRyman. Imisebenzi yakhe emikhulu ifunyanwa ikakhulu kwiiqoqo zemyuziyam, ezinje ngeWhitney's, MCA Chicago's, kunye neStedelijk Museum eAmsterdam. 
Ukufakwa kukaRobert Ryman kusebenza kwigalari yeSaatchi, eLondon. (Ngegalari yeSaatchi)
Ngaphandle kwentengiso ngo-2006 kwipeyinti ka-1962, umsebenzi kaRyman wathengisa kakhulu — kodwa hayi kangako — kwii-80s, 90s, ngakumbi ii-00s, ngamaxabiso aphakathi kwe- $ 5 yezigidi kunye ne- $ 7 yezigidi.
USotheby uyayithengisa, ecacisa ukuba inokubhenela kubo bobabini abaqokeleli beMinimalism kunye nomthandi we-Ab-Ex. Nokuba yeyiphi na intshukumo oyivumayo, ingcali kaSotheby iqaphele ukuba lithuba elitsha, elinengqondo.
INew York Times Umgxeki uRoberta Smith wayenale nto ayithethayo ngoRyman xa wayeyijonga eyakhe Ukubuyela umva ngo-1993 kwiMyuziyam yobuGcisa bemihla ngemihla , ekhethwe nguRobert Storr, ngoku onguDini weSikolo i-Yale School of Art: Kwiminyaka edlulileyo uMnu. Ryman ugxile kukwahluka kobumhlophe-kweentlobo ezahlukeneyo kunye neethoni zepeyinti emhlophe kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo ezimhlophe-ngokungakhathali njengoConstable eqhubeka isibhakabhaka esahlukileyo: Oko kukuthi, ngokuzimisela ukuba iinyani, xa zivavanywa ngononophelo ngokwaneleyo, zinokuvelisa imibongo. Wongeze wathi, ubugcisa buka Mnu. Ryman busikhumbuza ukuba yipeyinti, isikali kunye nombala esiwujonga kuqala size siwugqibe kuyo yonke imizobo.
Mhlawumbi uSotheby uphezu kwento ethile. Kungenxa yokuba, ngendlela, kwimpendulo yombuzo wesihloko: Ngaba ungahlawula i-20 yezigidi zeerandi kwi-All-White Ryman Painting? kuhle, singathanda siqwalasele.
Kwiindaba ezinxulumene noko: Imisebenzi evela kwiShellgerger Collection eya kwifandesi eSotheby's; IWarhol ebonakalayo, uRothko ubandakanyiwe phakathi kwemisebenzi emininzi.
