Mixed media. Collage, dispersion paint, chalks and Oil on canvas. Signed and dated “1972” upper left. Dated “1965-196[?]”, inscribed with a dedication “No 16 für A. [...]” and with direction arrows on the reverse of the canvas. With an inventory label from the City of Stuttgart verso on the stretcher.. 180 x 150 cm.
In the artist's studio frame. [KT].
- Dynamic work in Stöhrer's characteristic impulsive style. - The artist combines his abstract formal language with figurative accents in a unique way. - The creative process becomes the means of expression in his powerful works. - Paintings by the artist can be found in the collections of the Berlinische Galerie, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Photographie und Architektur, Berlin, and the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, among others.
LITERATURE: Hanne Forstbauer, Ilka Merkert, Almuth Kunisch, Sabine Behrens, Walter Stöhrer. Catalogue raisonné of paintings 1957-1999, Berlin 2008, p. 174, no. 72.3 (illustrated).

Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, 1985-1988. Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, 1988-2018. Pro Museum - Foundation for the Promotion of Contemporary Visual Art, on permanent loan at the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart

Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia. Private collection, Hesse

In good condition. A few tiny color losses. With a faint small spot of craquelure in the upper left edge of the image. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of a UV light source and to the best of our knowledge and belief.