Oil, traces of fire and soot in red printed cardboard Germany, 1966 Otto Piene (1928-2014) – German artist and co-founder of artist group ZERO Signed and dated ‘Piene 66’ lower right in pencil Sheet dimensions: 48 x 68.5 cm Framed: 58.5 x 79 cm Good condition Provenance: Private collection, South Germany Otto Piene is one of the great artists of the avant-garde of the 1960s. Light, air and fire are the design elements of his art; comparable works fetch up to €80,000 at international auctions Object is regular taxed. 19% VAT is added to the purchase price for deliveries within the EU. Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 36,000 Euro The aim of the artists' group ZERO was to create from a moment of reflection, a zero point, a new art by a return to natural phenomena. While Piene’s colleagues Heinz Mack and Günther Uecker brought light into movement with white structures, Otto Piene next to light sculptures developed his famous fire pictures, paintings and works on paper, in which he made the element of fire experienceable by traces of fire and soot. Condition: The work is in overall good condition with minor rubbings along the sheet edge and occasional insignificant stains. The sheet is mounted to a support on the reverse. The frame is in good condition with only slight signs of wear. The sheet measures 48 x 68.5 cm. The framed dimensions are 58.5 x 79 cm Otto Piene (1928-2014) Otto Piene first studied painting and art education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and later in Düsseldorf and Cologne. From 1955 onwards his works were shown in group exhibitions – multiple times at the documenta in Kassel – and a few years later in solo exhibitions. In 1957, Piene, together with Heinz Mack, founded the ZERO group and started publishing the eponymous magazine. In his paintings he dealt with the concepts of light, movement and space, producing so-called smoke and fire paintings as a reference to the elementary energies of nature. Already in 1967, a first retrospective of Piene’s works took place in Dortmund. American and European awards followed. From 1972 onwards he has been a professor of Environmental Art at MIT. Otto Piene lived and worked in Dusseldorf and Massachusetts. His work can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and MoMA in New York. In 2014, Piene’s creative legacy was honored with an exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin whilst a major travelling exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Gropius-Bau in Berlin and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam presented a survey of Zero-Art. (fea) Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance. Auctionata charges the resale rights tax pursuant to Section 26 of the German Copyright Act (UrhG) towards the buyer in case of the sale of an original work of art or photography prior to 70 years having lapsed since the death of their creator. Therefore, Auctionata charges when purchasing a good – if a protection as an original work of art or photography is given – starting from a hammer price of EUR 400 an additional amount, which is calculated according to Section 26 (2) German Copyright Act (UrhG) and which does not exceed the amount of EUR 12,500. You can find more information about resale rights tax in Auctionata´s table of fees and T&C. Starting Price : 18000