Nydel, VI. 1986.
Gouache.
Signed in lower left. Verso of the frame signed, dated, titled and inscribed "B 278", probably by a hand other than that of the artist. On firm wove paper, mounted on backing board. 68.5 x 100 cm (26.9 x 39.3 in), the full sheet. Backing board: 87,7 x 117,5 cm (34,5 x 46,3 in).

• Preliminary gouache for the painting "Nydel" from the same year
• Formerly part of the collection Rissa-Götz, Niederbreitbach-Wolfenacker
• One of the rare colorful works on paper, as the artist produced mainly monochrome works.

We are grateful to Mr. Joachim Lissmann, K. O. Götz and Rissa Foundation, for his kind expert advice. The work is registered at the archive of the K.O. Götz and Rissa Foundation and will be included into the forthcoming catalog raisonné of works on paper and board.

PROVENANCE: Collection Rissa-Götz, Niederbreitbach-Wolfenacker (with stamp on rear of frame).
Private collection Baden-Württemberg.

LITERATURE: Ketterer Kunst, Hamburg, 335th auction, Modern Art/Post War Art, April 4, 2008, lot 721.

This work offered here is a preliminary gouache for the painting "Nydel" from the same year. The works "Nydel", "Otella" and "Sylphide" form the base of the important work series "Giverny" (1986/1989). In both the paintings and the preparatory gouaches Götz puts the chromatic field between black biomorphic forms. The artist has a strong interest in this new and high-contrast composition and the juxtaposition of color values: Following the works mentioned above, the series "Giverny" came into existence, boasting various chromatics and entirely doing without black. [CH]

In good condition, colors in strong and fresh impression. Minimal isolated traces of rubbing. With isolated spots of slight craquelure and isolated clodded spots.