Sale: 519 / Post War / Cont. Art II, June 19. 2021 in Munich Lot 492

 

492
Heinz Mack
Tag und Nacht, 1991.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,400
Sold:
€ 33,750 / $ 36,450

(incl. surcharge)
Tag und Nacht. 1991.
Acrylic on canvas.
Lower right signed and dated. Signed, dated, titled and inscribed "22" on the reverse. 70 x 90 cm (27.5 x 35.4 in). [JS].

• One of the first paintings Mack made after a quarter of a century of painterly abstinence.
• So far, only two more paintings from this important year have been offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• Offered on the international auction market for the first time.
• Along with Otto Piene and Günther Uecker, Mack is one of the founders and protagonists of the "ZERO" group
.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Rackey, Bad Honnef.
Private collection Rhineland (acquired from the above in 1991).

EXHIBITION: MACK - Neue gemalte Bilder, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, April 7 - May 25, 1991.

"Now that I made my last painting on canvas in 1963, I picked up painting again, on canvas, without a real reason. Just out of pure pleasure"
Heinz Mack, quote from: MACK - Neue gemalte Bilder, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach 1991.




492
Heinz Mack
Tag und Nacht, 1991.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,400
Sold:
€ 33,750 / $ 36,450

(incl. surcharge)