Sale: 22 / Online Sale, Jan. 15. 2024 Lot 123001273
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123001273
Otto Piene
Rauchzeichnung 104, 1959.
Mixed media
Estimate:
€ 4,000 / $ 4,400 Sold:
€ 8,128 / $ 8,940 (incl. surcharge)
Rauchzeichnung 104. 1959.
Mixed media with oil and fire.
Lower right signed and dated. Lower left inscribed "104". On firm wove paper. 7.8 x 12.8 cm (3 x 5 in).
• Outstandingly clearly formulated fire painting in radiant colors.
• In a rare format.
• There is hardly any other oeuvre in which fire has dominated the artistic creation for decades as it is the case with Otto Piene's work - it has an iconographic status.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf.
Private collection Cologne.
Galerie Koch, Hanover.
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford (acquired from the above in 2013).
EXHIBITION: Otto Piene Zero: Werke von 1957 bis 1966, Galerie Koch, Hanover, April 18 - May 25, 2013.
ZERO und Nouveau Réalisme. Die Befragung der Wirklichkeit, Foundation Ahlers Pro Arte, Hanover, February 26 - June 26, 2016, p. 18 (illustrated).
In good condition with fine colors.
Mixed media with oil and fire.
Lower right signed and dated. Lower left inscribed "104". On firm wove paper. 7.8 x 12.8 cm (3 x 5 in).
• Outstandingly clearly formulated fire painting in radiant colors.
• In a rare format.
• There is hardly any other oeuvre in which fire has dominated the artistic creation for decades as it is the case with Otto Piene's work - it has an iconographic status.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf.
Private collection Cologne.
Galerie Koch, Hanover.
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford (acquired from the above in 2013).
EXHIBITION: Otto Piene Zero: Werke von 1957 bis 1966, Galerie Koch, Hanover, April 18 - May 25, 2013.
ZERO und Nouveau Réalisme. Die Befragung der Wirklichkeit, Foundation Ahlers Pro Arte, Hanover, February 26 - June 26, 2016, p. 18 (illustrated).
In good condition with fine colors.
123001273
Otto Piene
Rauchzeichnung 104, 1959.
Mixed media
Estimate:
€ 4,000 / $ 4,400 Sold:
€ 8,128 / $ 8,940 (incl. surcharge)