Emil Schumacher

Emil Schumacher 1912 - 1999 Gorem. 1976. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right. Titled, dated, inscribed with the dimensions on a piece of cardboard inserted on the reverse. 130.5 x 140 cm (51.3 x 55.1 in). [AR]. • A powerful, large work in the typical Informel style. • A pronounced interplay between monochromatic color fields and linear energy. • His pursuit of shaping color as matter becomes literally tangible through the relief-like surface. • Part of the same private collection for nearly 40 years. • Offered on the international auction market for the first time (source: artprice.com). The work is listed under the inventory number “0/287” in the archive of the Emil Schumacher Foundation in Hagen, organized by Dr. Ulrich Schumacher. We are grateful to Mr. Rouven Lotz, director of the Emil Schumacher Museum in Hagen, for his kind assistance. PROVENANCE: Galerie Krohn, Badenweiler. Galerie Orangerie Reinz, Cologne. Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1988). EXHIBITION: Deutsche und französische Kunstwerke des 20. Jahrhunderts, Galerie Grosshennig, Düsseldorf, Oct. 20, 1979–March 15, 1980 (with color illustration on p. 56). Emil Schumacher, Fritz Winter-Haus, Ahlen, April 28–May 31, 1979, cat. no. 3 (with a label on the reverse). Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 16.49 h +/- 20 min.

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