Rauchzeichnung 104. 1959.
Mixed media with oil and fire.
Lower right signed and dated. Lower left inscribed "104". On firm wove paper. 7.8 x 12.8 cm (3 x 5 in).

• Outstandingly clearly formulated fire painting in radiant colors.
• In a rare format.
• There is hardly any other oeuvre in which fire has dominated the artistic creation for decades as it is the case with Otto Piene's work - it has an iconographic status.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf.
Private collection Cologne.
Galerie Koch, Hanover.
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford (acquired from the above in 2013).

EXHIBITION: Otto Piene Zero: Werke von 1957 bis 1966, Galerie Koch, Hanover, April 18 - May 25, 2013.
ZERO und Nouveau Réalisme. Die Befragung der Wirklichkeit, Foundation Ahlers Pro Arte, Hanover, February 26 - June 26, 2016, p. 18 (illustrated).

In good condition with fine colors.