Otto Piene

Rauchzeichnung
1960

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soot on paper

50 × 65 cm / 19 11/16 × 25 9/16 in

Signed, titled and "60" dated also verso by a third hand "Rauchzeichnung 1; dessin à la fumée; Otto Piene; Düsseldorf; Cranachstr. 32" inscribed

Provenance

The artist’s studio; Private Collection; Private Collection USA

Exhibitions

Yayoi Kusama Museum, "Zero Is Infinity", Tokyo 5.3.-31.5.2020

Literature

Galerie Ludorff, "Kunst im Rheinland", Düsseldorf 2023, S. 51
Yayoi Kusama Foundation, "Zero Is Infinity", Ausst.-Kat. Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokio 2020, S. 16
Galerie Ludorff, "Drawn World: Zeichnungen von Menzel bis Warhol", Düsseldorf 2019, p. 117

About Otto Piene

Otto Piene´s pioneering amalgamation of art, science and technology have made him one of the most influential personalities of post-war art. Through founding the artists' group ZERO in 1958 with Heinz Mack and Günther Uecker, Piene proclaimed a new era in Western art.