Mixed media on canvas. Signed, dated, titled and inscribed with direction arrows on the reverse of the canvas. 100 x 90 cm. [KA].
• Very early color-space-body. • Graubner embarked on his quest for the maximum liberation of color in the 1960s. • The numerous layers and nuances give the “yellow-gold” color palette a spatial quality of its own. • Comparable works can be found in the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, the Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin, and the New National Gallery, Berlin . LITERATURE: Matthias Bleyl, Essentielle Malerei in Deutschland. Wege zur Kunst nach 1945, Nuremberg 1988, no. 50, p. 128 (illu.).
Gotthard Graubner, Kestner-Gesellschaft Hanover, October 9 - November 2, 1969, cat. no. 9. gotthard graubner. werke 1959-1969, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, November 7 - December 7, 1969, cat. no. 11. Gotthard Graubner. Farbräume, Farbraumkörper, Arbeiten auf Papier, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, December 2, 1977 - January 22, 1978, cat. no. IV (illustrated). ZERO. Bildvorstellungen einer europäischen Avantgarde 1958-1964, Kunsthaus Zürich, June 1 - August 5, 1979, cat. no. 50 (with a label on the reverse of the frame). Gotthard Graubner. Malerei, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, September 19 - November 23, 1980, cat. no. 29 (with a label on the reverse of the frame)
Galerie m, Bochum (directly from the artist). Galerie André Emmerich (with a label on the reverse). Private collection, Hesse
In good condition. With a minimal loss of color in the lower center, which has been professionally retouched. With a rubbing in the lower right. A tiny brown spot in the upper center. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of a UV light source and to the best of our knowledge and belief.
Lot Details
Mixed media on canvas. Signed, dated, titled and inscribed with direction arrows on the reverse of the canvas. 100 x 90 cm. [KA].
• Very early color-space-body. • Graubner embarked on his quest for the maximum liberation of color in the 1960s. • The numerous layers and nuances give the “yellow-gold” color palette a spatial quality of its own. • Comparable works can be found in the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, the Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin, and the New National Gallery, Berlin . LITERATURE: Matthias Bleyl, Essentielle Malerei in Deutschland. Wege zur Kunst nach 1945, Nuremberg 1988, no. 50, p. 128 (illu.).
Gotthard Graubner, Kestner-Gesellschaft Hanover, October 9 - November 2, 1969, cat. no. 9. gotthard graubner. werke 1959-1969, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, November 7 - December 7, 1969, cat. no. 11. Gotthard Graubner. Farbräume, Farbraumkörper, Arbeiten auf Papier, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, December 2, 1977 - January 22, 1978, cat. no. IV (illustrated). ZERO. Bildvorstellungen einer europäischen Avantgarde 1958-1964, Kunsthaus Zürich, June 1 - August 5, 1979, cat. no. 50 (with a label on the reverse of the frame). Gotthard Graubner. Malerei, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, September 19 - November 23, 1980, cat. no. 29 (with a label on the reverse of the frame)
Galerie m, Bochum (directly from the artist). Galerie André Emmerich (with a label on the reverse). Private collection, Hesse
In good condition. With a minimal loss of color in the lower center, which has been professionally retouched. With a rubbing in the lower right. A tiny brown spot in the upper center. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of a UV light source and to the best of our knowledge and belief.
Gotthard Graubner 
