Mixed media on canvas. Lower right signed and dated. Once more signed and dated as well as titled and inscribed with a direction arrow on the reverse. 55 x 70 cm.
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- "Alles ist Schwarz!" (Everything is black) claimed Gerhard Hoehme in 1955/56. - During this period the artist examined aspects and shades of black in complex compositions characterized by a strong surface appeal. - The artist reinvented himself time and again, later white increasingly gained in importance. - Gerhard Hoehme is a main representative of German Informalism and creator of some of the most complex works of German Post War Art.
The work is registered in the artist's complete catalog raisonné, as well as at the Gerhard and Margarete Hoehme-Foundation, Düsseldorf. We are grateful for the kind support in cataloging this lot.