Robert Ryman Works On Paper, 1957-1964

"The works in this exhibition catalogue record the time when Robert Ryman, then in his early twenties, was formulating his disciplined approach to painting. On off-white and translucent materials including wallpaper, a circular coffee filter, newsprint, and mylar, Ryman drew, tooled, brushed, and pressed his marks using a flat table to support the work. His decision to use the square as a consistent format for non-narrative work was set, and while he sporadically used color in these earliest works, he subsequently chose white almost exclusively in the process of eliminating all that was superfluous to a painting."Ryman, Robert is the author of 'Robert Ryman Works On Paper, 1957-1964', published 2004 under ISBN 9780935875225 and ISBN 0935875220.