541 - MACK, HEINZ

MACK, HEINZ 1931 Lollar Title: Light Steps. Subtitle: 2-part. Date: 1955. Technique: Onyx on acrylic glass. On the artist's wooden base. Dimensions: Onyx: 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 center: mack (incised). Signed once more in the center of the acrylic glass: mack (incised). A certificate signed by the artist and dated October 18, 1995, is available for this work. Provenance: - Private collection - Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia Bibliography: - Honisch, Dieter: Mack - Skulpturen 1953-1986, Düsseldorf/Vienna 1986, addendum to the oeuvre register, cat. no. 376a - Exhibition catalog: Mack - Sculptures in the Space of Nature, Cologne 1991, cat. no. 70, ill. - A rare collector’s item from the artist’s early work - Heinz Mack—a bridge-builder between image, sculpture, space, and nature - Impressive sculpture featuring highly aesthetic design and materials Mack’s drive 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 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: This lot is not suitable for parcel shipping. Transport is available only through a shipping company following consultation after the auction. Additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to a total invoice amount of 25,000 euros: max. 41.65 euros For a total invoice amount exceeding 25,000 Euros: 1.8 per thousand Shipping to the USA by individual arrangement after the auction. #Heinz Mack #ZERO #Germany #Post-War Art #1950s #Geometric Abstraction #Sculpture #Sculptures. In accordance with §26 UrhG (German Copyright Act), VAN HAM is obligated 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 toward this fee.