Otto Piene

May 27, 2021

Christie's

Otto Piene (1928-2014) signed with the artist's monogram and dated 'OPiene 59' (on the overlap); signed with the artist's monogram, titled and dated 'la force pure OPiene 58' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 96.5 x 68.5cm. Painted in 1959 Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.

May 25, 2021

Christie's

Otto Piene (1928-2014) signed with the artist's monogram, numbered and dated '25/46 OPiene 77' (lower centre) screenprint on paper 88.5 x 88.5cm. Executed in 1977, this work is number twenty-five from an edition of forty-six, published by Galerie and Edition Bode, Nuremberg Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.

Feb 22, 2021

Bonhams

1969 2 screenprints on colors on wove paper, both signed in pencil, dated, and numbered 52/100, 52/100, respectively, both with full margins. (2 works) both 15 3/4 x 15 3/4in (40 x 40cm) both sheets 24 3/8 x 17 3/8in (61.8 x 44cm)

Dec 11, 2020

Ketterer Kunst

Blue Rose. 1990. Mixed media. Oil, fire and smoke on paper, laid on board. Signd and dated in lower right, titled in lower left. 73 x 102 cm (28.7 x 40.1 in). [SM]. • The black explosion, the brute force of nature of the fire is absorbed by the deep blue silence of the sky. • Particularly advanced fire effect which adds a relief-like appeal to the surface. PROVENANCE: Collection Haniel, Duisburg (since 1996, acquired directly from the artist). Called up: December 11, 2020 - ca. 14.57 h +/- 20 min.

Dec 11, 2020

Ketterer Kunst

Blue Vortex. 1966-1974. Mixed media. Oil, traces of fire and smoke on canvas. Verso signed, dated and titled. 102 x 76 cm (40.1 x 29.9 in). [SM]. • With his first smoke pictures and drawings, Otto Piene expressed his fascination for the element fire in 1959. • There is no other oeuvre in which fire plays such an important role as it is the case for Piene, it even gains an iconographic status. • For Piene, color is used as a matter with which he transforms sensations and ideal values. • A typical, excellently balanced fire picture from the early ZERO period. PROVENANCE: Galerie Schoeller, Düsseldorf. Collection Haniel, Duisburg (acquired from aforementioned in 2008). Called up: December 11, 2020 - ca. 14.35 h +/- 20 min.

Dec 11, 2020

Ketterer Kunst

Auge. 1965. Oil, fire and smoke on canvas. Verso signed and dated. Titled and with a direction arrow on the stretcher. 80 x 100 cm (31.4 x 39.3 in). • This is the first time that the work is offered on the international auction market. • From the important "ZERO" era. • By 1965 "ZERO" had become an internationally acclaimed art movement. • For the"ZERO" movement the eye was of symbolic significance as it is the most important sensory organ for the perception of light. PROVENANCE: Rudolf Springer Galerie, Berlin (with a label on the stretcher) Private collection Rhineland. EXHIBITION: Mack, Piene, Uecker, Kestner-Gesellschaft Hanover, May 7 - June 7, 1965, no. 120. "For the creation of the smoke pictures the eye is far more important than the hand [.]. I hope to attain a silent space through minimal physical effort and far from any sort of drama. A space that becomes so strongly perceptible that it invites you to stay." (Otto Piene, quote after: Mack, Piene, Uecker, ex. cat. Kestner-Gesellschaft Hanover, 1965, pp. 107 and 110). Called up: December 11, 2020 - ca. 18.39 h +/- 20 min.

Dec 11, 2020

Ketterer Kunst

Ohne Titel (Rasterbild). 1959. Acrylic on canvas. 70 x 90 cm (27.5 x 35.4 in). • Typical work in "ZERO" white by the "ZERO" protagonist Otto Piene • Part of the important work series "Rasterbilder" (‘Grid Pictures‘, as of 1957) from the early "ZERO" days (1958-1966) • 1959: The year of the most important "ZERO" exhibition: "Vision in Motion - Motion in Vision" (Hessenhuis, Antwerp) • The same year Piene participated in a Documenta (2) exhibition for the first time • Other works by the artist are in possession of, among others, the Museum Folkwang, Essen (Sensibilité prussienne, 1960), the Städel Museum, Frankfurt/Main (Rasterbild, 1959), the MoMA, New York (Untitled, 1959), and the Centre Pompidou, Paris (Pure Energy III, 1959). PROVENANCE: Galerie Reckermann, Cologne. Collection Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt a. M. (acquired from aforementioned). "Initially Zero was brushed aside an an absurd anomaly from the prevailing art tendencies. Now we brought the message into the world." Otto Piene, 2013, quote after: Comeback des Feuerkünstlers, Handelsblatt (online), February 5, 2013

Dec 11, 2020

Ketterer Kunst

Black Yang. 1985. Mixed media. Oil, traces of fire and smoke on canvas. Verso signed, dated and titled. 80 x 100 cm (31.4 x 39.3 in). [SM]. • An eruptive appearance that almost fills out the entire format evokes a mystical dimension, the dualism of light and darkness. PROVENANCE: Collection Haniel, Duisburg (since 1998). Called up: December 11, 2020 - ca. 14.41 h +/- 20 min.

Dec 11, 2020

Ketterer Kunst

Ohne Titel. 1957/ 1990. Mixed media. Gouache and gold color. Lower right signed, dated and barely legibly inscribed. On thin smooth wove paper. 73 x 102 cm (28.7 x 40.1 in), the full sheet. [CH]. • Otto Piene's first raster images were created in 1957. • He reuses the stencils to create new works of art. • Piene mostly uses colors that reflect particularly well, such as silver or gold, in order to dynamize the image space, to make it oscillate and vibrate. PROVENANCE: Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach. Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia. Called up: December 11, 2020 - ca. 15.21 h +/- 20 min.

Dec 11, 2020

Ketterer Kunst

Pome Granate. 1989. Oil, traces of fire and smoke on canvas. Verso signed, dated and titled. 99.5 x 99.5 cm (39.1 x 39.1 in). [SM]. • Particularly beautiful fire picture in rainbow colors. • Large format work with associative title. • Piene's works are represented in over 200 museums and public collections worldwide. PROVENANCE: Galerie Neher, Essen (with a label on rear of the frame). Private collection Switzerland. Called up: December 11, 2020 - ca. 14.44 h +/- 20 min.