192 - Erwin Heerich, Klaus Staeck - portfolio ‘Untitled’ from 1975, comprising 6 signed ‘concrete’ lithographs, as well as a signed single sheet from the ‘Isometrien’ series, 1960s

Erwin Heerich, Klaus Staeck - portfolio ‘Untitled’ from 1975, comprising 6 signed ‘concrete’ lithographs, as well as a signed single sheet from the ‘Isometrien’ series, 1960s Erwin Heerich, 1922 Kassel - 2004 Meerbusch, a leading German sculptor, draughtsman and art academy professor, participant in Documenta in 1968 and 1977, here: ‘Untitled’, portfolio containing 6 screen prints on black card, 70 x 50 cm, all sheets individually signed by hand and numbered 10/100, in a grey, printed cardboard folder, plus a lithograph from the ‘Isometrien’ series of the 1960s, 62 x 45 cm, numbered 124/130, signed, with the Edition Staeck stamp on the reverse The sculptor Erwin Heerich and the publisher and graphic designer Klaus Staeck were linked by a long-standing artistic collaboration, which culminated, amongst other things, in joint appeals against the established art market and the publication of portfolios of prints by Heidelberger press and Edition Staeck respectively. In 1971, Erwin Heerich, Klaus Staeck and Joseph Beuys jointly drafted a widely acclaimed public appeal against the exclusivity and commercialisation of the Cologne art market. About the artist: Erwin Heerich is regarded as a leading exponent of German Minimal Art and post-war geometric abstraction. His works lie at the intersection of fine art, geometry and architecture. From 1945, he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Ewald Mataré. Until 1954, he shared a master’s studio there with Joseph Beuys. In the mid-1960s, he gained international renown for his extremely precise, mathematical sculptures made of brown cardboard. His minimalist objects and isometric drawings took him to Kassel in 1968 (documenta 4) and 1977 (documenta 6). From 1969 to 1987, Erwin Heerich taught as a professor of sculpture and graphic art at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Art.