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Georg Karl Pfahler, Silkscreen, Geometric Composition, 1972

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:300.00 EUR Estimated At:480.00 - 600.00 EUR
Georg Karl Pfahler, Silkscreen, Geometric Composition, 1972
Silkscreen in colors on light cardboard
Germany, 1972
Georg Karl Pfahler (1926-2002) – German artist and representative of the ‘Hard Edge’ movement
Signed and dated with pencil on the verso ‘Pfahler 237/500’
Edition Merian, Krefeld
Catalog raisonné: Pfahler 140
Sheet dimensions: 68.8 x 68.8 cm
Good condition
Georg Karl Pfahler is regarded as one of the central representatives of Geometric Abstraction; the auction record for a work by Pfahler currently sets at c. 160,000 euro

The present silkscreen in colors is a characteristic work by the well-known German artist Georg Karl Pfahler. Most of his works were executed in large-format and usually appeared in his preferred colors such as green, red, yellow and orange. In his later works, Pfahler picked up achievements from artists such as Barnett Newman, whom Pfahler knew personally.

The silkscreen is verso signed and numbered with pencil ‘Pfahler 237/500’. There is a sharp crease with two small material losses in the lower right corner. The lower left corner is repeatedly creased. The image is affected by a number of light handling marks and a light trace of dirt upper right. The image size is equal to the sheet size of 68.8 x 68.8 cm.



Georg Karl Pfahler (1926-2002)

Georg Karl Pfahler received his first artistic training at the Nuremberg Art Academy in 1948, which was followed by further classes at the Art Academy in Stuttgart, until 1954. His teachers were Manfred Henninger, Karl Hils, Gerhard Gollwitzer and Willi Baumeister, who deeply influenced his early works. In 1956, Pfahler was involved in the founding of the ‘Group 11’ in Stuttgart, whose members were inspired by Action Painting and the Informel. In the late 1950s, Pfahler was highly interested in ‘Formative Art’ and finally focused on the so called ‘Hard Edge’ movement. Georg Karl Pfahler was an internationally renowned artist and also taught as an academy professor in Nuremberg, between 1984 and 1992. (cbo)
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