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Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

11.8 W x 15.7 H in

Ready to Hang

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$874

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held02 is an abstract painting concerned with movement under restraint. While the composition allows for greater internal flow, the forms remain contained within the frame, never fully resolving or dispersing. Curving layers intersect and shift, creating a sense of motion that is continuously redire...

Year Created:

2026

Subject:

Mediums:

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Rarity:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

11.8 W x 15.7 H x 0.4 D in

Ready to Hang:

Yes

Frame:

Not Framed

Authenticity:

Certificate is Included

Packaging:

Ships in a Box

Delivery Cost:

Shipping is included in price.

Delivery Time:

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Handling:

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Ships From:

Germany.

Customs:

Shipments from Germany may experience delays due to country's regulations for exporting valuable artworks.

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Sophie Lehniger

About the Artist

Sophie Lehniger

Germany

I work with painting as a way of holding tension rather than resolving it. My work is shaped by reduction, control, and restraint rather than gesture or expression. I am interested in what remains when narrative, symbolism, and explanation fall away.

Color and material are structural decisions in my paintings. They are used to create presence rather than atmosphere, density rather than mood. The surface becomes a site of quiet friction: between weight and openness, insistence and restraint, intimacy and distance.

My process is slow and deliberate. Decisions are made carefully, often leaving traces of hesitation or resistance visible. These marks are not refined away; they are integral to the work’s physical and emotional weight.

I work without narrative or biographical justification. My paintings do not explain themselves and do not rely on theory to hold. I am less concerned with representation than with how a painting occupies space, how long it holds attention, and how it remains present over time.

My work does not aim to comfort or persuade. It aims to remain.

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  • Artist featured in a collection

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