Oil on canvas. Signed, dated and with two direction arrows on the reverse of the folded canvas. 110 x 110 cm. . [AW].

• Girke is a master of monochrome painting: While his oeuvre around 1960 was still dominated by the non-colors black and white, he achieved a maximum nuance of white in the late 1960s.
• Girke's rhythmic structure and nuance create a fascinating illusion of movement and three-dimensionality.
• The protagonist in “Monochrom” is the non-color white in all its shades and degrees of expression.
• The unusual format intensifies the tacit presence and the contemplative effect.
• The absence of any motif and the consistent development of painting as a visual experience determine the radical nature of Girke's artistic creation.

Private collection, Germany. Private collection, Belgium (from the above in 2014)

Good overall impression. Some craquelure and small pressure marks. Slightly rubbed in places, mainly in the outer margins of the image. Isolated tiny brownish spots. Mounted on a new aluminum stretcher bar. With some retouching. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of a UV light source and to the best of our knowledge and belief.