541 - MACK, HEINZ

MACK, HEINZ 1931 Lollar Title: Licht-Stufen. Subtitle: 2-part. Date: 1955. Technique: Onyx on acrylic glass. On the artist's wooden base. Measurement: Ony x : 85 x 18 x 11 cm. Acrylic glass: 7 x 20 x 20 cm; wooden base: 73 x 26 x 23 cm. Total height: 165 cm. Notation: Signed lower centre: mack (incised). Signed once more in the centre of the acrylic glass: mack (incised). For this work a certificate signed by the artist and dated 18th October 1995 is available. Provenance: - Private collection - Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia Literature: - Honisch, Dieter: Mack - Skulpturen 1953-1986, Düsseldorf/Vienna 1986, addendum at the oeuvre register, cat. rais. no. 376a - Exhib. cat. Mack - Skulpturen im Raum der Natur, Cologne 1991, cat. no. 70, ill. - A rare collector's item from the artist's early work - Heinz Mack - border crosser between image, sculpture, space and nature - Impressive sculpture with highly aesthetic aesthetic design and materials Mack’s impetus for a radical reinterpretation of the visual arts initially found its medium in sculpture. While his early works, created in wood and stone, show a gradual departure from natural motifs, the two-part stele from 1955, titled “Licht-Stufen” (Steps of Light), already conveys the impression of a completely free, non-representational exploration of form. The slender column rises in a stepped structure with ten tiers, lending the object a rhythmically structured upward movement. The onyx—a precious natural stone from the chalcedony group—is interspersed with a vibrant, highly decorative light- to amber-colored marbling, thereby becoming an active design element of the sculpture. This impressive work from his early period reveals Mack’s pursuit of an art that, free from personal style, transcends the purely material and becomes a sensual and spiritual experience of light and space—entirely in keeping with the ZERO philosophy of liberating art from subjective gesture and reducing it to elementary phenomena such as light, clarity, and structure. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: The lot is unsuitable for parcel shipping. Transport only by shipping company after consultation following the auction. additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: max. 41.65 Euro over a total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: 1.8 o/oo USA by individual arrangement after the auction. #Heinz Mack #ZERO #Germany #Post-War Art #1950s #Geometric Abstraction #Sculpture #Scultpures. In accordance with §26 UrhG (German Copyright Act), VAN HAM is obliged to pay a statutory resale royalty on the sale proceeds of all original works of fine art and photography whose authors have not been deceased for 70 years prior to the end of the calendar year of the sale. The buyer shall contribute 1.5% of the hammer price to this fee.