(Feld am See, Carinthia 1927–1987)
“Stratification de l’espace” (stratification of space), on the reverse signed, dated Bischoffshausen 63/64 and direction arrow (vertical and horizontal), on the stretcher a small sketch, inscription OR 1968 (Gold 1968), PVC, golden lacquer on canvas, 73 x 54 cm, framed

Provenance:
Private Collection, Carinthia
Private Collection, Vienna

...This way of forming structures encompasses two diametrically opposed solutions.
One reinforces the linear aspects and reduces masses, with a very flat distribution.
In this variant, the aim is to attain concise shapes, such as pyramids, circles, ovals, etc.,
or curvilinear, spacious forms of organisation covering the entire surface. Bischoffshausen has
based each of these works on a problem revolving around transformation, such as the transition from an oval to a straight line, the mutual avoidance practiced by curved lines or the emergence of a wave from a straight line and its successive return to this initial form.
The titles, ‘Stratification de l’espace’ and ‘Apparition’ define a framework of interpretation located between the layering of space, as connected to its dynamisation, and its ‘appearance’. …

Arnulf Rohsmann- from: Bischoffshausen, Struktur-Monochromie-Reduktion, Ritter Verlag, 1991