Lot no. 779
Online - Modern and Contemporary Art
Herbert Kaufmann
o.T. (eye). 1968. colour silkscreen and laser print on wove paper. 60.5 x 50 cm (70 x 50 cm). Signed, dated and numbered. - Isolated slight handling marks, very slight crease in each of two corners, very tiny pale brown stains in the upper and lower margins, overall very good. Splendid, richly coloured impression, with margins at top and bottom.
One of 150 copies. - Together with Peter Brüning and Gerhard Hoehme, among others, Kaufmann founded the artists' group 53, which, together with Quadriga and ZEN 49, is regarded as the centre of Art Informel in post-war Germany. Since the 1960s, Kaufmann has been concerned with the world of advertising and media, and uses image and text excerpts to create collages. He selects the excerpts both according to content criteria, in order to emphasise concise headlines, and according to formal aspects that attract his eye.
Colour silk-screen and laser print on wove paper. Signed, dated and numbered. - Isolated slight handling tracesm very slight crease marks in two corners, isolated, very tiny faint-brown stains in upper and lower margin, all in all very good. Splendid, colour-rich impression, with margin at top and bottom. - One of 150 copies. - Together with Peter Brüning and Gerhard Hoehme, among others, Kaufmann founds the artists' group 53, which, together with Quadriga and ZEN 49, was one of the centres of Art Informel in Germany. Since the 1960s Kaufmann has been concerned with the world of advertising and media, and uses image and text excerpts to create collages. He selects the excerpts both according to content criteria, in order to emphasise concise headlines, and according to formal aspects that attract his eye.
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