Oil on canvas. Lower right signed and dated. Once more signed in the wet paint in lower left. With the crossed out inscription "17" on the reverse. Stretcher inscribed by a hand other than that of the artist. 120 x 140 cm.
In 1958, the artist founded the artist group "SPUR" together with Helmut Sturm, Heimrad Prem and Lothar Fischer. - From 1959 to 1962, HP Zimmer was a member of the Situationist International. - With their provocative positions, HP Zimmer and the other SPUR group members stand for the artistic and social awakening of the 1960s. - In the first art trial after World War II, SPUR was accused of, among other things, blasphemy and pornography.
We are grateful to Dr. Nina Zimmer, SPUR-Archive Berlin, for her kind support in cataloging this lot.
LITERATURE: Grisebach Auktionen, Moderne Kunst, auction 233, November 28, 2014, lot 571 (illu.).
