Gerhard von Graevenitz

Galerie Ursula Lichter, Frankfurt am Main
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1970

Frankfurt am Main, Galerie Ursula Lichter, Gerhard von Graevenitz, 1970
Frankfurt am Main, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Das Städel zeigt: Beispiele aus der Sammlung Lenz, Kronberg,1974-75, n.p., no. 17
Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Gerhard von Graevenitz, p. 118, no. 206
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, ZERO. Vision und Bewegung. Werke aus der Sammlung Lenz Schönberg, 1988, p. 109, illustrated in colour
Moscow, Zentrales Künstlerhaus, Sammlung Lenz Schönberg. Eine europäische Bewegung in der bildenden Kunst von 1958 bis heute, 1989, p. 131, illustrated in colour
Zagreb, Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst, ZERO. Die europäische Vision - 1958 bis heute. Sammlung Lenz Schönberg, 2004, p. 71, illustrated
Salzburg, Museum der Moderne, ZERO. Künstler einer europäischen Bewegung. Sammlung Lenz Schönberg 1956-2006, 2006, p. 61, illustrated in colour

Bożena Kowalska, 'Kolekcja Gerharda Lenza: Gerhard Lenz's Collection', in: Projekt: Sztuka wazualna i projektowanie visual art & design 195, June 1990, pp. 7-11, illustrated
'Kolekcja Lenz Schönberg: Lenz Schönberg Collection; Art & Business visits Munich and Tirol', in: Art & Business, The International Magazine of the Art Market 1-2, 1992, pp. 4-11, illustrated
Exhibition Catalogue, Warsaw, Galeria Zachęta, Sammlung Lenz Schönberg. Aus der Stille der Zeit - über die Grenzen von Raum, 1992, p. 112, illustrated
Exhibition Catalogue, Schwerin, Staatliches Museum; Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum, Gerhard von Graevenitz: Eine Kunst jenseits des Bildes, 1995-95, p. 174, no. 603
Anna and Gerhard Lenz with Ulrike Bleicker-Honisch, Epoche Zero. Sammlung Lenz Schönberg. Leben in Kunst, Vol. I, Ostfildern 2009, p. 191, no. GR-06, illustrated in colour

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is very slightly warmer and the illustration fails to convey fully the sculptural nature of the work and the rotating movement of the three oval elements and the white disc. Condition: This work is in very good and working condition. Close inspection reveals an extremely thin, hairline and intermittent curving rub-mark and an extremely faint curved area of minor discoloration to the white disc, resulting from the movement of the black ovals. There are three minute specks of paint loss to the rim of the black edge towards the bottom and one towards the top. No restoration is apparent under ultraviolet light.
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