Bidspirit auction | Otto Piene: Gelbhellhell

Otto Piene: Gelbhellhell - PIENE, OTTO 1928 Laasphe/Westphalia - 2014 Berlin Title: Gelbhellhell. Date: 1959/60. Technique: Oil on untreated cotton. Measurement: 67 x 96cm. Notation: Signed and dated verso upper right: Piene (circled) 59/60. Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame. Provenance: - Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf - Bayer AG, Leverkusen (acquired from the previous owner in 1960) Exhibitions: - Deutscher Künstlerbund, Essen 1958 (label) - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 2013 Literature: - Exhib. cat. From Beckmann to Warhol, Art of the 20th and 21st Centuries - The Bayer Collection, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Cologne 2013, p. 211, fig. - Key work from the early phase of ZERO of museum quality - Outstanding example of the group of grid paintings - Rare early work by the main representative of the ZERO group Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. This lot will be sold under standard taxation (Condition of Sale §V5.1) Explanations to the Catalogue Otto Piene Germany ZERO Light Art Post-War Art Post War 1960s Craftman's frame Abstract Painting Oil Monochrome