Sale: 534 / Contemporary Art Day Sale, Dec. 09. 2022 in Munich Lot 137

 

137
Gerhard Hoehme
Ohne Titel, 1960.
Mixed media on paper, laid on panel
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,440
Sold:
€ 22,500 / $ 24,300

(incl. surcharge)
Ohne Titel. 1960.
Mixed media on paper, laid on panel.
Lower left signed and dated. 100 x 65.5 cm (39.3 x 25.7 in).

• Gerhard Hoehme's oeuvre is a major contribution to German Informalism
• In 1960, the year this work was made, the artist stayed at Villa Massimo in Rome and was appointed to the Düsseldorf Art Academy.
• In 1960 the artist also created the work "Römische Brief" (Staatsgalerie Stuttgart)
• He participated in documenta II in Kassel in 1959
• In 2020 Düsseldorf Art Academy, where Hoehme had both studied an taught, showed a grand retrospective exhibition in commemoration of the artist's 100th birthday
.

The work is registered in the archive of the Gerhard and Margarethe Hoehme Foundation. We are grateful to Mr Kay Heymer for his kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Rhineland (obtained from the artist, ever since family-owned).
From a Lower Saxon collection.

In 1959 the artist was invited to documenta II in Kassel, and a year later, in 1960, he spent a year on a scholarship at Villa Massimo in Rome. During this time, the scriptural found increasing expression in his works, the gestural-spontaneous character gives way to a conceptual composition. The exchange with artists such as Cy Twombly, whom he met through Jean-Paul Wilhelm, played an important role in this context. The beautiful large-format sheet from 1960 was made in the early days of this important creative phase, which ultimately led to his letter pictures. In the same year, Hoehme also accepted a professorship at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, which he held until 1984. [EH]



137
Gerhard Hoehme
Ohne Titel, 1960.
Mixed media on paper, laid on panel
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,440
Sold:
€ 22,500 / $ 24,300

(incl. surcharge)