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Gerhard Hoehme
Zersetzung der erotischen Energie, 1957
Oil on canvas
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112
Gerhard Hoehme
Zersetzung der erotischen Energie, 1957
Oil on canvas
Starting bid:
€ 13,500 Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000End: 11-15-26 15:55:00 Berlin
11-15-26 09:55:00 New York
11-15-26 06:55:00 Los Angeles (30 days, 15h:03m)
11-15-26 09:55:00 New York
11-15-26 06:55:00 Los Angeles (30 days, 15h:03m)
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Gerhard Hoehme
1920 - 1989
Zersetzung der erotischen Energie. 1957.
Oil on canvas.
Signed twice on the reverse, as well as monogrammed, dated, titled, and inscribed with a location and a direction arrow. Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed again on the stretcher. 80 x 100 cm (31.4 x 39.3 in).
• Early work by the leading representative of German Informel.
• Just one year after its creation, it was exhibited at the Kunstmuseum Duisburg alongside works by K.O. Götz and Bernhard Schultze.
• Until 1957, Hoehme served as spokesperson for “Gruppe 53,” a Düsseldorf-based artists’ group that included, among others, Peter Brüning and Winfried Gaul.
• In the spring of 2026, the MKM Museum Kippersmühle presented the exhibition "Gerhard Hoehme - enträtsel nicht die Orte“ (Gerhard Hoehme - Do Not Unravel the Places).
PROVENANCE: Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Swiss collection (since 2011, Ketterer Kunst).
EXHIBITION: K.O. Götz – Gerhard Hoehme – Bernhard Schultze, Städtisches Kunstmuseum Duisburg 1958, cat. no. 64.
LITERATURE: Margarete Hoehme, Dieter Ronte, and Christoph Schreier (eds.), Gerhard Hoehme. Catalogue Raisonné, Ostfildern 1998, CR no. 57-23 (no illustration), also listed here under the title “Transformation of Erotic Energy.”
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Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 387th Auction, Contemporary Art, Dec. 10, 2011, Lot 214 (with illustration).
Gerhard Hoehme, ed. Manfred de la Motte, Galerie Hennemann, Catalog Series No. 10, Bonn 1976 (with b/w illustration).
“Hoehme’s experiments and solutions of the 1950s rank among the boldest innovations produced by German art of that era.”
(quoted from: Gottfried Boehm, Der Maler Gerhard Hoehme, in: Margarete Hoehme, Dieter Ronte, and Christoph Schreier (eds.), Gerhard Hoehme. Catalogue Raisonné, Ostfildern 1998, p. 23)
In good condition. Shows some craquelure, with partial flaking of the paint in those areas. There are small areas of paint loss, particularly in the lower central part of the painting. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the aid of a UV light source, and to the best of our knowledge and belief.
1920 - 1989
Zersetzung der erotischen Energie. 1957.
Oil on canvas.
Signed twice on the reverse, as well as monogrammed, dated, titled, and inscribed with a location and a direction arrow. Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed again on the stretcher. 80 x 100 cm (31.4 x 39.3 in).
• Early work by the leading representative of German Informel.
• Just one year after its creation, it was exhibited at the Kunstmuseum Duisburg alongside works by K.O. Götz and Bernhard Schultze.
• Until 1957, Hoehme served as spokesperson for “Gruppe 53,” a Düsseldorf-based artists’ group that included, among others, Peter Brüning and Winfried Gaul.
• In the spring of 2026, the MKM Museum Kippersmühle presented the exhibition "Gerhard Hoehme - enträtsel nicht die Orte“ (Gerhard Hoehme - Do Not Unravel the Places).
PROVENANCE: Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Swiss collection (since 2011, Ketterer Kunst).
EXHIBITION: K.O. Götz – Gerhard Hoehme – Bernhard Schultze, Städtisches Kunstmuseum Duisburg 1958, cat. no. 64.
LITERATURE: Margarete Hoehme, Dieter Ronte, and Christoph Schreier (eds.), Gerhard Hoehme. Catalogue Raisonné, Ostfildern 1998, CR no. 57-23 (no illustration), also listed here under the title “Transformation of Erotic Energy.”
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Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 387th Auction, Contemporary Art, Dec. 10, 2011, Lot 214 (with illustration).
Gerhard Hoehme, ed. Manfred de la Motte, Galerie Hennemann, Catalog Series No. 10, Bonn 1976 (with b/w illustration).
“Hoehme’s experiments and solutions of the 1950s rank among the boldest innovations produced by German art of that era.”
(quoted from: Gottfried Boehm, Der Maler Gerhard Hoehme, in: Margarete Hoehme, Dieter Ronte, and Christoph Schreier (eds.), Gerhard Hoehme. Catalogue Raisonné, Ostfildern 1998, p. 23)
In good condition. Shows some craquelure, with partial flaking of the paint in those areas. There are small areas of paint loss, particularly in the lower central part of the painting. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the aid of a UV light source, and to the best of our knowledge and belief.
