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Concrete art

The term "Concrete art" was introduced in 1924 by the Dutch painter and art theorist Theo van Doesburg. In 1930 he set down the tenets of this movement in a manifesto issued when the "Art concret" group was founded. The term is intended to emphasise that Concrete art is not to be viewed as "abstract" since it does not extrapolate anything present in material reality but rather originates the immediate handling of the concrete pictorial devices line, color, surface, volume and space. A distinction is drawn between abstract and non-representational painting and sculpture. Concrete art renders the spiritual and intellectual in material terms yet possesses no symbolic meaning. "Painting is a means for rendering thoughts in visual terms," was Doesburg's explanation. In 1947 Max Bill wrote: "The aim of Concrete art is to develop objects for intellectual use just as man creates objects for material use [...] Concrete art is in the last analysis the pure expression of harmonious proportion and law. It orders systems and breathes life into those arrangements by artistic means." Unlike Constructivism, Concrete art concentrates on the interplay of form and color, being interested in examining color and scientific thinking.

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Geiger, R.

Rupprecht Geiger - Aus: Metapher Zahl

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Silkscreen in colours 1986
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Dorazio, Piero

Piero Dorazio - Aus: La Ribambelle des Gobelins

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Silkscreen in colours 1992
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Bill, Max

Max Bill - 3-8eck

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Multiple 1935
Starting bid: 550 EUR
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Pfahler

Georg Karl Pfahler - 4 Blätter: Abstrakte Kompositionen

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Silkscreen in colours 1961
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Lenk, Thomas

Thomas Lenk - 2 Blätter: Komposition in Schwarz und Silber. Komposition in Orange und Silber

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Silkscreen in colours 1969
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Pfahler

Georg Karl Pfahler - Ohne Titel

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Silkscreen in colours 1970
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Geiger, R.

Sale 330 - Dec. 05, 07
Lot 419
Egg tempera 1955
56,400 EUR / 80,088 $
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Geiger, R.

Sale 300 - June 02, 06
Lot 101
Oil on canvas 1957
52,360 EUR / 74,351 $
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Fleischmann

Sale 345 - June 04/05., 08
Lot 308
Oil on canvas 1952
51,600 EUR / 73,272 $
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Geiger, R.

Sale 298 - Dec. 05, 05
Lot 329
Oil on canvas 1960
42,840 EUR / 60,832 $
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Geiger, R.

Sale 298 - Dec. 05, 05
Lot 311
Oil on canvas 1957
40,460 EUR / 57,453 $
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Bill, Max

Sale 300 - June 02, 06
Lot 14
Oil on canvas 1972
38,080 EUR / 54,073 $
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Geiger, R.

Sale 277 - Dec. 06, 02
Lot 198
Oil on canvas 1962
34,500 EUR / 48,990 $
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Geiger, R.

Sale 345 - June 04/05., 08
Lot 301
Oil on canvas 1957
32,400 EUR / 46,008 $
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Geiger, R.

Sale 290 - May 14, 04
Lot 264
Oil on canvas 1966
28,080 EUR / 39,873 $
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Albers, Josef

Sale 290 - May 14, 04
Lot 282
Silkscreen printed in colours 1970
21,645 EUR / 30,735 $
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