Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Signed, dated, and once more titled on the reverse of the stretcher, as well as inscribed “selbst” (self). 150.1 x 154.1 cm. . [KA].

• Expressive, powerfully dynamic large-format work.
• Painting as action: The spontaneity in Helmut Sturm’s creative process becomes the central subject of the painting.
• A significant representative of abstract-expressive painting in postwar German art.
• Co-founder of the avant-garde artist group “SPUR”.
• Works by the artist are part of major collections, including the Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich, the Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, and the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
We are grateful to the SPUR Committee in Munich for the kind support.

Visione colore. International Exhibition of Contemporary Art. International Center for Arts and Costume, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, June-October 1963, p. 82, illustrated (with a label on the reverse of the canvas). Helmut Sturm. Arbeiten von 1957 bis 1999, Städtische Galerie im Cordonhaus, Cham/Museum Spur, Cham/Altes Rathaus, Cham, Nov. 27, 1999-Jan. 30, 2000; Villa Haiss, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zell am Harmersbach, March 18-June 20, 2000, cat. no. 66 (illustrated in color). Helmut Sturm. Spielfelder der Wirklichkeit, Kunsthalle Emden, September 19, 2020-January 17, 2021; Lothar Fischer Museum in Neumarkt, Feb. 7-May 9, 2021; Ravensburg Art Museum, July 10-Oct. 10, 2021, Cat. No. 24 (illustrated in color)

Galerie Christa Schübbe, Düsseldorf/Mettmann. Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia. Olbricht Collection, Essen/Berlin