Oil on beige-brown cardboard. Lower right signed and dated. 86 x 62 cm.
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- Early work from the sought-after 1950s. - Deliberate irritation of the black lines through color and scracthes, typical of the time. - From 1950 onwards, the artist abandoned the object as a motif and color became the actual pictorial element. - Other works from this creative period can be found in important museum collections like the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Hamburger Kunsthalle.
The work is listed in the archive of the Emil Schumacher Foundation, Hagen, compiled by Dr. Ulrich Schumacher, with the inventory number "0/226". We are grateful to Mr. Rouven Lotz, Director of the Emil Schumacher Museum, Hagen, for the kind support provided.