Schwarz-Pölzig. 1956.
Mixed media on canvas.
Lower right signed and dated. Once more signed and dated as well as titled and inscribed with a direction arrow on the reverse. 55 x 70 cm (21.6 x 27.5 in).
[AR].
• "Alles ist Schwarz!" (Everything is black) claimed Gerhard Hoehme in 1955/56.
• During this period the artist examined aspects and shades of black in complex compositions characterized by a strong surface appeal.
• The artist reinvented himself time and again, later white increasingly gained in importance.
• Gerhard Hoehme is a main representative of German Informalism and creator of some of the most complex works of German Post War Art.

The work is registered in the artist's complete catalog raisonné, as well as at the Gerhard and Margarete Hoehme-Foundation, Düsseldorf. We are grateful for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the artist).

EXHIBITION: Die Erfindung der Abstraktion, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf - Akademie Galerie, Düsseldorf, October 20, 2016 - January 29, 2017.


"Lava Black. Midnight Black. Bone Ash Black.
Velvet Black. Carbon black. Slate Black.
(..)
Black isn't aesthetic, it's substantial.
(..)
Black is the sum of all colors.
Everything is black!"
Gerhard Hoehme, Schwarze Bilder, 1955/56, quoted from: Margarete Hoehme, G.Hoehme. Catalogue Raisonné, Hatje Verlag, Ostfildern 1998, p.505.

In good condition. Very isolated spots with minimal craquelure. The condition report was prepared to the best of our knowledge and belief in daylight and with the aid of a UV light source.