Bidspirit auction | Gerhard Hoehme: ”meta - topographica”

Gerhard Hoehme: ”meta - topographica” - HOEHME, GERHARD 1920 Greppin - 1989 Düsseldorf Title: ”meta - topographica”. Date: 1959/60. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 114 x 60cm. Notation: Signed and dated lower right: G.Hoehme 59. Also signed, titled and dated verso: G. Hoehme 'meta-topgraphica', 1959/60. Labeled verso centre on the stretcher: Nr: 1281. Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame. Provenance: - Bayer AG, Leverkusen (since 1972) Exhibitions: - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 2013 Literature: - Hoehme, Margarete (ed.): Gerhard Hoehme - Catalogue Raisonné, Ostfildern-Ruit 1998, cat. rais. no. 60-15 - Farbenfabriken Bayer (ed.): Kunstwerk - Bildende Kunst bei Bayer, Leverkusen 1992, p. 82, fig. - Exhib. cat. From Beckmann to Warhol, Art of the 20th and 21st Centuries - The Bayer Collection, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Cologne 2013, p. 161, fig. - Gerhard Hoehme counts among the key figures of the German Informel - The radical exploration of colour and space is pivotal to his work - His material paintings with relief-style structure lead to the dissolution of traditional image boundaries 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 Gerhard Hoehme Germany Informel Post-War Art Post War 1960s Craftman's frame Abstract Painting Oil