Sale: 425 / Post War / Contemporary Art, June 12./13. 2015 in Munich Lot 846

 

846
Heinz Mack
Schachbrett für das Licht (Karo-Relief), 1972/73.
Object
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 43,200
Sold:
€ 75,000 / $ 81,000

(incl. surcharge)
Schachbrett für das Licht (Karo-Relief). 1972/73.
Object. Metal relief with fitted cube.
Honisch 801 A. With scratched signature and date in lower center. Verso twice signed, dated, titled and with double arrow indicating the direction. 62 x 74.5 x 13 cm (24.4 x 29.3 x 5.1 in). [JS].

PROVENANCE: Collection Jansen, Mönchengladbach.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.

With his works Heinz Mack, the master of reduction, found his very own spot in modern art. Through the artistic integration of light and shade, objects by Mack are detached from their material basis and change, depending on light incidence, to ever new ephemeral creations. It is no longer about the forms' materiality that makes for the overall impression, it is the light that determines the expression, it dematerializes the matter and takes it to another level. The overall impression of his poetic creations changes with direction and intensity of the light. This way they avoid – just as it is the case with this work - any form of concreteness, not only in terms of choice of subject, but also by letting the observer participate in an almost metaphysical art experience.



846
Heinz Mack
Schachbrett für das Licht (Karo-Relief), 1972/73.
Object
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 43,200
Sold:
€ 75,000 / $ 81,000

(incl. surcharge)