Oil on canvas.80 x 100 cm. . [EH].

• Ambiguous forms in nebulous pictorial worlds characterize the work of this German surrealist.
• Works from the 1950s are among the artist’s most striking pieces.
• He participated in documenta II in 1959, the year the work was made, and documenta III (1964) in Kassel, as well as in the Venice Biennale in 1968.
• Works by Richard Oelze are at, among others, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

Große Kunstausstellung Munich 1959, no. 624 (not illustrated) (with a label on the stretcher)

From the artist's estate Private collection, Lower Saxony (obtained from the above)

Good overall impression. The edge of the stretcher slightly pushes through to the recto, with light craquelure all around. A few professional retouches in the upper part of the painting. Under raking light, a flat irregularity in the surface becomes apparent in an area on the right side of the painting. A loose patch of paint is visible in the center. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the aid of a UV light source, and to the best of our knowledge and belief.