Bernard Schultze
1915 - 2005
im Hellen drohend. 1996.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Signed, dated, and titled again on the reverse of the canvas. 100 x 81 cm (39.3 x 31.8 in). [AW].

• A powerful, vibrant composition in luminous colors.
• Bernard Schultze is considered one of the most famous representatives of German Informal painting.
• The work was once part of the Heinz and Hella Pachen Collection.
• Schultze’s works are represented in major museums, including the Tate Gallery, London, the Museum Folkwang, Essen, and the Museum Ludwig, Cologne.

PROVENANCE: Pachen Collection, Mainz/Rockenhausen (purchased directly from the artist).
THE gallery, Munich (on the reverse of the stretcher with the gallery stamp).
Private collection, Berlin.

EXHIBITION: Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Museum Pachen, Rockenhausen, 1998 (on the reverse of the stretcher with the museum label).

LITERATURE: Stephan Diederich, Barbara Herrmann, Bernard Schultze. Verzeichnis der Werke, vol. 3: 1990-2005, Cologne/Munich 2015, CR no. 96/49.

In good condition, with vibrant colors. The edges of the image show slight wear, particularly in the lower left area. There is isolated, slight craquelure in the impasto areas. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the aid of a UV light source, and to the best of our knowledge and belief.
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