Sale: 22 / Online Sale, Dec. 10. 2023 
Lot 123001396
Lot 123001396 
123001396
Otto Piene
Fisheye Fower, 1983.
Mixed media
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 11,800 Sold:
€ 19,685 / $ 23,228 (incl. surcharge)
Fisheye Fower. 1983.
Mixed media. Oil, fire and smoke on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse. 50 x 60 cm (19.6 x 23.6 in). [AW].
• No other artist beside Otto Piene put such strong focus on fire as a means of creation.
• The unusual process of exposing the canvas to fire and soot is largely subject to chance.
• Fire has an iconic status in Piene.
• Works by the great "ZERO" artist are in important international collections like the Sprengel Museum, Hanover, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and the Center Pompidou, Paris.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Heimeshoff, Essen.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired rom the above in 1984).
To view artwork condition please click on the high-definition images and use the zoom function.
Mixed media. Oil, fire and smoke on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse. 50 x 60 cm (19.6 x 23.6 in). [AW].
• No other artist beside Otto Piene put such strong focus on fire as a means of creation.
• The unusual process of exposing the canvas to fire and soot is largely subject to chance.
• Fire has an iconic status in Piene.
• Works by the great "ZERO" artist are in important international collections like the Sprengel Museum, Hanover, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and the Center Pompidou, Paris.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Heimeshoff, Essen.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired rom the above in 1984).
To view artwork condition please click on the high-definition images and use the zoom function.
123001396
Otto Piene
Fisheye Fower, 1983.
Mixed media
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 11,800 Sold:
€ 19,685 / $ 23,228 (incl. surcharge)
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