UNTITLED 164

Ludovic Dervillez's "UNTITLED 164" is a mixed media canvas calibrated in cool greys, pale blues, and restrained dark gesture. Looping marks cross the surface with the ease of repeated practice — strokes that have been made often enough to no longer hesitate. Pale washes sit beneath them, thin enough to let the ground show through, while erased passages create zones of near-emptiness that balance the composition.

The work belongs to Dervillez's current body of work, distinguished by its economy of means. Where earlier canvases accumulated density through layering, this piece achieves its presence through what it leaves exposed. The mark that remains carries the full weight of those that were removed.

For collectors drawn to abstraction that breathes, "UNTITLED 164" offers a composition of quiet authority — a painting that does not demand attention so much as earn it, slowly, over repeated encounters.