Gosewitz, Ludwig. Untitled. (Circle surrounded by cubist forms, with letters and numbers). Pencil on paper. Monogrammed and dated "18.3.69" lower right. 1969. sheet dimensions: 29.5 x 21 cm. Mounted under passepartout. The extraordinarily versatile artist Ludwig Gosewitz (1936-2007), whose artistic works include drawings, mixed media, glass objects, graphics, typograms, thrown texts, numerical images, concrete and visual poetry, initially studied sound art and music history before turning to fine art. - Browned due to paper, lower margin with a small tear (approx. 2 cm long), with a few small brown spots in the image, slightly creased. - Provenance: Private collection Jürgen H. Meyer, Düsseldorf.

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