Germann Auctionhouse Zurich
Martin Kunz Art Collection
Saturday, 23 November 2024, 04:00 pm

Mary Heilmann, Inside and Outside

Lot 1007

Mary Heilmann, 1940 (US)

Inside and Outside, 1993

Oil on canvas.
H 1380 mm W 915 mm.

Signed with the monogram and dated on verso: MH, 93. Titled and dated on the stretcher on verso: Inside and Outside, 1993.

CHF50'000 / 80'000
EUR53'000 / 84'800
USD58'000 / 92'800

Provenance:
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York;
Collection Martin Kunz, selected in the artist's studio and acquired through the above gallery.

Annotation:

The vibrant surface texture and the loosely organized colour areas in Mary Heilmann's "Inside and Outside" create a rhythmically bound radiance. Simultaneously the obvious cheerfulness of the work illustrates the American artist's playful approach to geometric abstraction. As one of the most influential abstract painters of her generation, Heilmann breaks complex structures in her works with subtle formal deviations, such as frayed lines, irregular brushwork, or varying color intensities.