Emil Schumacher
1912 - 1999
Gouache I. 1958.
Mixed media.
Lower right signed and dated. On wove paper. 45.5 x 28.5 cm (17.9 x 11.2 in). [KA].

• Gestural, expressive work with deliberately reduced colors.
• Just one year after its creation, the work was exhibited at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
• The protagonist of German Informel creates an impressive haptic presence.
• Part of an important private collection in Berlin for almost 40 years.

We are grateful to Mr. Rouven Lotz, Director of the Emil Schumacher Museum, for his kind assistance.

PROVENANCE: Johnssen Collection, Essen (label on the reverse of the frame).
Private collection, Berlin (acquired in 1986, Sotheby's, London).

EXHIBITION: Jonge duitse Kunst, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, March 25-May 4, 1959, cat. no. 59 (b/w illu.).

LITERATURE: Sotheby's, London, The Johnssen Collection of Postwar and Contemporary Art, June 25, 1986, lot 516 (color illu.).

In good condition. The upper and lower edges of the sheet have been irregularly trimmed or torn off in the studio. The condition report was prepared in daylight and with the aid of a UV light source to the best of our knowledge and belief.