Oil on canvas. Signed twice on the reverse, as well as monogrammed, dated, titled, and inscribed with a location and a direction arrow. Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed again on the stretcher. 80 x 100 cm.

• Early work by the leading representative of German Informel.
• Just one year after its creation, it was exhibited at the Kunstmuseum Duisburg alongside works by K.O. Götz and Bernhard Schultze.
• Until 1957, Hoehme served as spokesperson for “Gruppe 53,” a Düsseldorf-based artists’ group that included, among others, Peter Brüning and Winfried Gaul.
• In the spring of 2026, the MKM Museum Kippersmühle presented the exhibition "Gerhard Hoehme - enträtsel nicht die Orte“ (Gerhard Hoehme - Do Not Unravel the Places).
LITERATURE: Margarete Hoehme, Dieter Ronte, and Christoph Schreier (eds.), Gerhard Hoehme. Catalogue Raisonné, Ostfildern 1998, CR no. 57-23 (no illustration), also listed here under the title “Transformation of Erotic Energy.” - Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 387th Auction, Contemporary Art, Dec. 10, 2011, Lot 214 (with illustration). Gerhard Hoehme, ed. Manfred de la Motte, Galerie Hennemann, Catalog Series No. 10, Bonn 1976 (with b/w illustration).

K.O. Götz - Gerhard Hoehme - Bernhard Schultze, Städtisches Kunstmuseum Duisburg 1958, cat. no. 64

Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia. Swiss collection (since 2011, Ketterer Kunst)

In good condition. Shows some craquelure, with partial flaking of the paint in those areas. There are small areas of paint loss, particularly in the lower central part of the painting. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the aid of a UV light source, and to the best of our knowledge and belief.