Sale: 425 / Post War / Contemporary Art, June 12./13. 2015 in Munich Lot 849

 

849
Otto Piene
Run, 1978.
Mixed media
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 26,750
Sold:
€ 37,500 / $ 40,125

(incl. surcharge)
Run. 1978.
Mixed media. Oil, fire and smoke on canvas.
Verso signed, dated and titled. Signed, dated and with arrow indicating the direction on stretcher. 40 x 30 cm (15.7 x 11.8 in).
[EH].

PROVENANCE: Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.

The path of Otto Piene's art is largely coined by works in which fire is part of the creative process or even its cause. In most diversified experimentsand an increasingly sensitive handling of the element, the artist succeeds in creating a wide range of structures with this unique medium. In doing so his intentions and his will, as well as coincidence and the material's independence form a balanced synthesis.



849
Otto Piene
Run, 1978.
Mixed media
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 26,750
Sold:
€ 37,500 / $ 40,125

(incl. surcharge)