Winfred Gaul

Sex-a-gon XII
1971

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Polyvinyl acetate on canvas

180 × 180 cm / 70 7/8 × 70 7/8 in

Signed, dated, titled and marked "180 x 180 cm" and "40 Kümmel, Gaul, Sex a gon" on the verso

Catalogue Raisonné by Romain 1993 no. 642

Expertise

We thank Mrs Barbara Gaul for the oral confirmation of the work's authenticity

Provenance

Estate of the artist

Exhibitions

Galerie Ludorff, „Cutting Edge: Albers. Gaul. Knoebel“, Dusseldorf 2017
Westfälischer Kunstverein Münster/Städtische Kunstsammlungen Ludwigshafen/Kunsthalle Bielefeld/Ulmer Museum, "Winfred Gaul. Retrospektive 1953-1973", Münster/Ludwigshafen/Bielefeld/Ulm 1973/74
Galeriehaus Köln, während der documenta 5 im Victoria-Hochhaus, Kassel 1972

Literature

Galerie Ludorff, "Cutting Edge – Albers. Gaul. Knoebel", Dusseldorf 2017, p. 34
Lothar Romain, "Winfred Gaul. Werkverzeichnis Bd. II Gemälde 1962-1983", Düsseldorf 1993, no. 642 (no ill.)
Klaus Honnef, "Winfred Gaul. Retrospektive 1953-1973", Ausst.-Kat. Westfälischer Kunstverein Münster/Städtische Kunstsammlungen Ludwigshafen/Kunsthalle Bielefeld/Ulmer Museum, Münster 1973, no. 90 (no ill)

About Winfred Gaul

Winfred Gaul was a painter-theorist who throughout his life reflected on painting itself. He has become internationally famous as an important representative of German Informel and analytical painting.