Otto Piene *
(Bad Laasphe 1928–2014 Berlin)
Sky Event 1, 1981/86, signed, dated, titled on the reverse Piene 81/86, firegouache on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, framed
Provenance:
Private Collection, North Rhine-Westphalia
For extolling brightness alone no longer seems enough to me. I approach the dark, I pierce it with light, I make it transparent, I take its terror from it, I turn it into a volume of power with the breath of my life like my own body, and I take smoke so it can fly
Annette Brunner, Otto Piene Zero: Werke von 1957-1966, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Koch, Hanover 2013, p. 38
Specialist: Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers
Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers
+49 211 2107747
petra.schaepers@dorotheum.de
25.11.2020 - 16:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 45,000.- to EUR 55,000.-
Otto Piene *
(Bad Laasphe 1928–2014 Berlin)
Sky Event 1, 1981/86, signed, dated, titled on the reverse Piene 81/86, firegouache on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, framed
Provenance:
Private Collection, North Rhine-Westphalia
For extolling brightness alone no longer seems enough to me. I approach the dark, I pierce it with light, I make it transparent, I take its terror from it, I turn it into a volume of power with the breath of my life like my own body, and I take smoke so it can fly
Annette Brunner, Otto Piene Zero: Werke von 1957-1966, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Koch, Hanover 2013, p. 38
Specialist: Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers
Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers
+49 211 2107747
petra.schaepers@dorotheum.de
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| Auction: | Contemporary Art I |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction with Live Bidding |
| Date: | 25.11.2020 - 16:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | online |