Art (1945-contemporary) > Concrete Art Otto Herbert Hajek

Farbwege 66/10. 1966.
Relief. Wood, with colors and stainless steel.
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse of the wood. 178 x 178 x 26 cm (70 x 70 x 10.2 in).
[EH].
• Unique piece.
• Widely exhibited internationally.
• From the “Farbwege” series.
Accompanied by a confirmation issued by Urban Hajek, Hajek estate, from August 1, 2023.
PROVENANCE: Artist's studio.
Otto Herbert Hajek Estate.
Private collection, Germany.
EXHIBITION: 14. Ausstellung des Deutschen Künstlerbundes, exhibition halls at Gruga Park, Essen, 1966, cat. no. 147.
International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, October 27, 1967–January 7, 1968, cat. no. 99 (verso with remains of a label).
Große Kunstausstellung, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1968, cat. no. 224, illustrated on p. 112.
O. H. Hajek. Farbwege 1952-1974, Museum am Dom/Domhof, Lübeck, May 29-September 1, 1974.
O. H. Hajek. Plastiken, Architekturbezogene Arbeiten, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, February 3–April 16, 1979.
O. H. Hajek. Zeichen, Farbwege, Bilder, Langenfeld Town Hall, October/November 1984, no catalog.
O. H. Hajek. Werke und Dokumente, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, June 28–August 16, 1987.
O. H. Hajek. Zeichen, Farbwege, Bilder, Augsburg, 1988, cat. no. 27.
Otto Herbert Hajek. Dráhy barev, plastiky, obrazy, National Gallery Prague, 1988, cat. no. 17.
O. H. Hajek. Farbwege. Plastiken, Bilder, Stadtikonographien, Main Exhibition Hall, Moscow, June 1–July 2, 1989 (no cat. number).
LITERATURE: Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ed.) and Koos Anuschka, Hajek. Eine Welt der Zeichen, Bonn 2000, catalogue raisonné no. P 340.
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Eugen Gomringer, O. H. Hajek. Farbwege in Moskau. Begegnung mit einer Ausstellung, Stuttgart and Zürich 1989, illustrated onp. 17.
In good condition. Small paint flake in the red at the front right. Faint craquelure in the paint layer at the top of the white at the upper edge.
backside image.