Oggetto Mistico (31-61), 1961

Mystical Object (31-61)

ArtistWinfred Gaul, Düsseldorf 1928–2003 Düsseldorf

Oil on canvas

(H x W)140 × 120 cm

Status

on display, room GAUL. Werke aus der Sammlung Kemp

About the workWith the 1961 series Oggetti Mistici (Mystical Objects) he created in Rome, Winfred Gaul finally broke away from Art Informel. The painting’s centre features a yellow circular shape that draws our gaze; the colour contrast between it and the green background accentuates its effect. The series marks the artist’s transition to a geometrically defined visual language. The title also reflects this shift: by using the term “object”, Gaul defined the work as an entity in its own right. He developed this conception further in his Traffic Signs, which would characterise his art for the next ten years.

AccessionKemp Collection Foundation

Provenance[...]; Dezember 1986 Willi Kemp (Köln 1927 - 2020 Düsseldorf) erworben von der Galleria Peccolo, Livorno/Italien; 2011 Stiftung Sammlung Kemp im Kunstpalast erworben durch Schenkung Willi Kemp

Inventory number0.mkp.2011.Kemp039

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