Gotthard Graubner
Gotthard Graubner
1930 - 2013
respiro. 1999/2000.
Acrylic and oil on canvas, over synthetic wadding on canvas.
Signed, dated, and with a direction arrow on the reverse. 202 x 202 x 20 cm (79.5 x 79.5 x 7.8 in). [JS].
• UNIQUE To date, no “Color Space Body” of comparable size and vividness has been offered on the international auction market.
• ICONIC Graubner’s “Color Space Bodies” break the boundaries of classical painting and extend Rothko’s sensual color experiences into the third dimension.
• PROGRAMMATIC “respiro” (Italian: breath) – programmatic: “My paintings are not objects, but spaces in which color breathes” (Gotthard Graubner, 2010).
• MUSEUM QUALITY “Color Space Bodies” are part of international collections, including the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the Louisiana Museum in Humlebæk, Denmark, and the Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge.
• EXHIBITION “Color Space Bodies” have been exhibited at, among others, documenta 6 (1977), the Venice Biennale (1982), the Kunsthalle Malmö (1983), and the MKM, Duisburg (2019/20).
Accompanied by a photog Certificate of Authenticity issued by Kitty Kemr, Gotthard Graubner Estate, Neuss, dated May 7, 2018. The work will be included into the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the paintings.
PROVENANCE: Schönewald Fine Arts, Düsseldorf.
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 2019).
“The surfaces reveal open, often cloudy, dynamic, boundless structures; they are not solidified and ensure a constant exchange between the interior and exterior, much like regular breathing. Through color, the paintings unfold into a tangible sensory experience.”
Julia Mattern, “Wandlungen / Transformations,” in: Gotthard Graubner, Mit den Bildern atmen / Breathing with the Paintings, Cologne 2018, p. 22
Gotthard Graubner
1930 - 2013
respiro. 1999/2000.
Acrylic and oil on canvas, over synthetic wadding on canvas.
Signed, dated, and with a direction arrow on the reverse. 202 x 202 x 20 cm (79.5 x 79.5 x 7.8 in). [JS].
• UNIQUE To date, no “Color Space Body” of comparable size and vividness has been offered on the international auction market.
• ICONIC Graubner’s “Color Space Bodies” break the boundaries of classical painting and extend Rothko’s sensual color experiences into the third dimension.
• PROGRAMMATIC “respiro” (Italian: breath) – programmatic: “My paintings are not objects, but spaces in which color breathes” (Gotthard Graubner, 2010).
• MUSEUM QUALITY “Color Space Bodies” are part of international collections, including the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the Louisiana Museum in Humlebæk, Denmark, and the Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge.
• EXHIBITION “Color Space Bodies” have been exhibited at, among others, documenta 6 (1977), the Venice Biennale (1982), the Kunsthalle Malmö (1983), and the MKM, Duisburg (2019/20).
Accompanied by a photog Certificate of Authenticity issued by Kitty Kemr, Gotthard Graubner Estate, Neuss, dated May 7, 2018. The work will be included into the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the paintings.
PROVENANCE: Schönewald Fine Arts, Düsseldorf.
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 2019).
“The surfaces reveal open, often cloudy, dynamic, boundless structures; they are not solidified and ensure a constant exchange between the interior and exterior, much like regular breathing. Through color, the paintings unfold into a tangible sensory experience.”
Julia Mattern, “Wandlungen / Transformations,” in: Gotthard Graubner, Mit den Bildern atmen / Breathing with the Paintings, Cologne 2018, p. 22
