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Lot 152 | Otto Piene | Gelbhellhell
Estimate
150.000
- 250.000
€
* F
Result:
(incl. premium)
258.191 €
PIENE, OTTO
1928 Laasphe/Westphalia - 2014 Berlin
Title: Gelbhellhell.
Date: 1959/60.
Technique: Oil on untreated cotton.
Measurement: 67 x 96cm.
Notation: Signed and dated verso upper right: Piene (circled) 59/60.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.
Provenance:
- Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf
- Bayer AG, Leverkusen (acquired from the previous owner in 1960)
Exhibitions:
- Deutscher Künstlerbund, Essen 1958 (label)
- Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 2013
Literature:
- Exhib. cat. From Beckmann to Warhol, Art of the 20th and 21st Centuries - The Bayer Collection, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Cologne 2013, p. 211, fig.
- Key work from the early phase of ZERO of museum quality
- Outstanding example of the group of grid paintings
- Rare early work by the main representative of the ZERO group
1928 Laasphe/Westphalia - 2014 Berlin
Title: Gelbhellhell.
Date: 1959/60.
Technique: Oil on untreated cotton.
Measurement: 67 x 96cm.
Notation: Signed and dated verso upper right: Piene (circled) 59/60.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.
Provenance:
- Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf
- Bayer AG, Leverkusen (acquired from the previous owner in 1960)
Exhibitions:
- Deutscher Künstlerbund, Essen 1958 (label)
- Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 2013
Literature:
- Exhib. cat. From Beckmann to Warhol, Art of the 20th and 21st Centuries - The Bayer Collection, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Cologne 2013, p. 211, fig.
- Key work from the early phase of ZERO of museum quality
- Outstanding example of the group of grid paintings
- Rare early work by the main representative of the ZERO group
Contact:
Robert van den Valentyn
Partner & Abteilungsleiter
Modern, Post War & Contemporary Art
+49 221 92 58 62 300
Modern, Post War & Contemporary Art
+49 221 92 58 62 300
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Stock Id: 80374-448
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