Immediate Release: Exceptional And Interesting Finds At Billings’ Fall Modern Art & Design Sale
BILLINGS presents our Fall 2022 Modern Art & Design auction at our location in the Arts District of Downtown Los Angeles, starting at 10am PT on Saturday, September 24th, 2022.The sale is comprised of over 300 lots of curated 20th century and contemporary art and design, representing a wide range of interests. Among the most notable items in this collection is an outstanding, large resin ‘Wedge’ sculpture by American sculptor Peter Alexander (1939-2020) and a variety of works by California Craftsmen, including John Nyquist and Robert Trout,Peter Alexander (American, 1939-2020)Untitled ‘Wedge’ sculpture, 1968. Lot 5 from BILLINGS Fall Modern Art & Design auction, September 24, 2022.Peter Alexander was a key figure of the ‘Light and Space’ movement in Los Angeles, California in the 1960s. He was renowned for his works cast in polyester resin, described by the Los Angeles Times as “ethereal sculptures that evoked the quietly shifting nature of light, color and environment.”An avid surfer from the age of 13, Alexander would use resin to repair his surfboards. One day, he accidentally left some resin in a Dixie Cup that dried into a clear disc, which intrigued and inspired him. He began experimenting with resin, casting it into sculptures of varying sizes, while attending UCLA to acquire his bachelor’s degree in 1965, and fine arts master’s degree in 1968.Alexander’s earliest resin sculptures were presented in cuboid shapes, which he described as “little rooms” in a 2014 video interview by the Getty Conservation Institute. Later, inspired by the view of the ocean while in an airplane landing at LAX, he began creating his ‘wedge’ sculptures. “I was looking down and noticing the ocean and how it changes color before it hits the sand . . . So, I did these objects that disappear at the top, like the water does when it