Oil on panel. Signed and dated “7.I.1960” on the reverse. Here inscribed with the number “ACK 7190” in the lower right. 47.5 x 30.5 cm.
The Barcode of Life - The Hans Braun Collection More works from the collection are offered in our Contemporary Art Day Sale on Saturday, December 7, 2024.
- Surface and form coexist in harmony in a radiant color. - Max Ackermann is one of the great advocates and pioneers of abstract painting in Germany, to which he devoted himself entirely from the 1950s onwards. - Shortly after the work was created in 1964, the artist was honorary guest at the Villa Massimo in Rome. - Works by the artist are at the Folkwang Museum, Essen, the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich.