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Karl Otto Götz
1914 - 2017
Vier Varianten mit einem Schema I. 1982.
Gouache auf Karton.
Signed in the lower left. 64.5 x 98.5 cm (25.3 x 38.7 in), the full sheet.
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• Between intuition and control: a high-contrast work born of gestural expression.
• Movement is one of the defining elements in the work of K. O. Götz.
• He is considered a leading figure of German Informel, and his works are represented in major museum collections, including the Tate Collection, London, the Albertina, Vienna, and the Museum Ludwig, Cologne.
The work is listed in the online catalogue raisonné of the artist’s works on paper under the number WVP-06/82.
PROVENANCE: DIE GALERIE, Frankfurt a. Main.
Private collection, Hesse.
Family-owned ever since.
EXHIBITION: Karl Otto Götz, DIE GALERIE, Frankfurt a. Main, September 11 - November 8, 2014, pp. 64-65.
LITERATURE: K. O. Götz - Erinnerungen und Werk, volume 1b, Düsseldorf 1982, p. 1338 (illustrated, no. 1529).
In good condition. Firmly mounted on backing board (according to the online catalogue raisonné, the work is signed, dated, and titled again on the reverse, and bears the stamp “Sammlung Rissa-Götz”). Shows minor scuffing in places, as well as fingerprints along the edges and traces of studio work.
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