Sale: 524 / Post War / Contemporary Art II, Dec. 10. 2021 in Munich Lot 26

 

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Otto Piene
Wind, 1989-1993.
Oil and soot on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,400
Sold:
€ 40,000 / $ 43,200

(incl. surcharge)
Wind. 1989-1993.
Oil and soot on canvas.
Signed, dated "89/90/93", titled and inscribed "IX-20-93" and with a dedication on the reverse. 60.6 x 50.3 cm (23.8 x 19.8 in).
[AM].
• One of the artist's later compositions in particularly strong colors.
• Piene's examination of weather phenomena finds expression in this work.
• Works by the "ZERO" artist are in more than 200 museums and public collections world-wide
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"What's a pciture? The picture is a force field, an arena where the author's energies meet, molten, cast in the color's motions, received from the universe's ampleness, guided into the capillaries of the observers' open minds."
Otto Piene 1959, quored from: Künstler. Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, edition 13, p. 2.




26
Otto Piene
Wind, 1989-1993.
Oil and soot on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,400
Sold:
€ 40,000 / $ 43,200

(incl. surcharge)