Sale: 548 / Contemporary Art Day Sale, Dec. 08. 2023 in Munich Lot 116


116
Adolf Richard Fleischmann
Ohne Titel, 1950.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,100
Sold:
€ 34,290 / $ 36,690

(incl. surcharge)
Ohne Titel. 1950s.
Oil on canvas.
Not in Wedewer. Not in Fischer. Lower right signed. With inscriptions on the reverse. 100 x 80 cm (39.3 x 31.4 in).
[SM].
• The shimmering compositions of the 1950s are among the artist's most sought-after works
• Subtle use of color in meditative form construction.
• Adolf Fleischmann is considered a pioneer of Op Art.
• He studied under Adolf Hölzel at the Stuttgart Art Academy
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We are grateful to Dr. Alfred M. Fischer, Ainring, for his kind expert advice.

Fleischmann's abstract works have two components. On the one hand, there is the clear color structure of a surface and, on the other, an indifferent, almost mystical statement in the loose interplay of the dissolved color forms. One could almost speak of constructive divisionism if one wanted to see Fleischmann's work only in purely visual terms. But there was and is more. Fleischmann is a romantic among the artists of constructive abstraction. What others express in gestural sweep, the artist achieves solely through the subtle use of color. Despite all the apparent construction, a meditative element predominates. It gives the composition the opportunity to penetrate deeper into the viewer's consciousness beyond all formal aspects.



116
Adolf Richard Fleischmann
Ohne Titel, 1950.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,100
Sold:
€ 34,290 / $ 36,690

(incl. surcharge)