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.