Feuermännchen. 1972.
Gouache, fire and smoke on red paper, laid on cardboard.
Lower right signed and dated, as well as titled in lower left. 96 x 66.7 cm (37.7 x 26.2 in), size of sheet. [AM].

• Fire gouache with a powerful expression.
• In Piene's "Fire Pictures", fire became became an independent creative element as early as in the mid 1960s.
• In his œuvre, fire attained an iconographic status and testifies to Piene's rank as one of the greatest German post-war avant-gardists.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.

Good overall impression. With mount staining. With minimal isolated traces of rubbing, mainly visible in sided light.
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