Gotthard Graubner

Gotthard Graubner 1930 - 2013 Ohne Titel (rot). 1987. Mixed media on canvas over synthetic wadding on canvas. Signed, dated, and with a direction arrow on the reverse. 57 x 39 x 12 cm (22.4 x 15.3 x 4.7 in). • Innovative aesthetics: Graubner’s “Color Space Bodies” extend Rothko’s sensual color experiences into the third dimension. • “Color Space Bodies” are included in the collections of the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the Louisiana Museum in Humlebæk, and the Harvard Art Museum in Cambridge, among others. • “Color Space Bodies” were exhibited at, among others, documenta 6 (1977) and the Venice Biennale (1982). PROVENANCE: Galerie Sander, Darmstadt. Private collection, Baden-Württemberg (acquired from the above, 2019, Ketterer Kunst). Private collection, Southern Germany (from the above). LITERATURE: Ketterer Kunst, Munich, Auction 489, Evening Sale, June 7, 2019, lot 102 (with color illustration). “Color unfolds as a color organism; I observe its independent life, I respect its inherent laws. Thus, the two-dimensional expansion could concentrate into a body, and the body could dissolve into space as a mist through incorporeal condensation. The misty space, as perhaps the most total expression of my painting, appeals to all the senses [.].” Gotthard Graubner, quoted in: Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, Issue 16, Munich 1991, p. 15. Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 16.28 h +/- 20 min.

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