Halbe Kugel um drei Achsen. 1965/66.
Stone. Black Swedish granite.
Unique object. Diameter: 40 cm (15.7 in). [KA].


• Stunning effect: The “unfinished” geometric form requires observers to complete it in their minds.
• Max Bill is one of the internationally best-known Swiss sculptors.
• In the year of its creation, the artist received a renowned prize from the “International Congress of Critics and Artists”.

We are grateful to Dr. Jakob Bill for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zürich.
Private collection Hesse (acquired from the above in 1983).

EXHIBITION: max bill. painting and sculpture 1928-1968, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, July 20 - September 8, 1968, cat. no. 75. (with an illustration of the plaster model).
Max Bill. 20 Werke aus 20 Jahren, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich, André Emmerich Galerie, Zurich, Nov. 20, 1982–Jan. 8, 1983.
100 Jahre Kunst in Deutschland. 1885–1985, Ingelheim am Rhein, April 28–June 30, 1985.
Chemnitz Art Collections (on permanent loan from a private collection, 2001-2024).

LITERATURE: Eduard Hüttinger, Max Bill, Zurich 1977, p. 159.
Ingrid Mössinger and Peter Weiermair (eds.), ex. cat. Kunst nach 45 aus Frankfurter Privatbesitz, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main 1983, p. 68.

"Concrete Art is, in its ultimate consequence, the pure expression of well-balanced measure and order. It organizes systems and gives life to these orders by artistic means [..]."
Max Bill, 1949, quoted from: Max Bill, Zürich 1977, p. 61.