Emil Schumacher Lot n° 36

SCHUMACHER, EMIL 1912 Hagen - 1999 San José/Ibiza Title: Gagaola. Date: 1963. Technique: Oil on wood. Measurement: 86 x 188cm. Notation: Signed and dated lower left: Schumacher 63. Frame/Pedestal: Framed. The painting is listed with inventory number 0/4.092 in the inventory of the Emil Schumacher Foundation created by Dr Ulrich Schumacher. We thank Mr. Rouven Lotz, Director of the Emil Schumacher Museum, Hagen, for his kind, scientific support. Provenance: - Art collection Arcandor AG (formerly Karstadt AG), Essen - Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Stuttgart (label) - Private collection South Germany Exhibitions: - Biennale Sao Paulo 1963 (label) - Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe 1972 (label) - Outstanding, early work in an impressive format - Expressive colour landscape in which Schumacher's endeavour to achieve the greatest possible materiality with colour is masterfully realised - Extremely exciting composition with great tactile effect on the threshold between figuration and abstraction. Explanations to the Catalogue Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction.