Oil and tempera on canvas, relined. Signed, dated and titled on the reverse of the stretcher. Inscribed “ACK 5430” by a hand other than that of the artist on the reverse of the canvas. 120 x 100 cm.
The Barcode of Life - The Hans Braun Collection More works from the collection are offered in our Contemporary Art Day Sale on Saturday, December 7, 2024. “Max Ackermann is [...] certainly the most important Hölzel student when it comes to the implementation of his color theory. This is all the more surprising as Ackermann did not actually count among the two circles of students around Hölzel; he met Hölzel and became his student after he had already left the academy. However, Ackermann's importance for the preservation of Hölzel's teachings is more significant than that of all other Hölzel students, be it Schlemmer, Baumeister or Kerkovius.” Quoted from: Max Ackermann 1887-1975. Bilder aus siebzig Jahren. Retrospektive zum 20. Todestag, Bietigheim-Bissingen 1995, p. 9.
• Max Ackermann combines color, surface and form in a masterful balance.
• From Ackermann's strong late creative phase, considered a synthesis of everything previous.
• Max Ackermann's works are in the collection of, among others, the Folkwang Museum, Essen; the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main; and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich.
LITERATURE: Villa Grisebach, 183rd auction, Werke aus der Sammlung Dolf Selbach, May 27, 2011, lot 105.
