Lot number 207 - Dyptichon - Herbert OEHM (1935)

Diptych - Herbert Oehm (1935 Ulm)

'Untitled,' signed and dated 1973 on the reverse, oil/sand on panel, image dimensions approx. 15 x 20.5 cm (overall), frame dimensions approx. 20 x 24.5 cm, provenance: private collection, Regensburg. See biography: 1957–59 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Ernst Geitlinger; 1959–60 studied at the Ulm School of Design, including as a master student of Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart. Group exhibitions in Hanover and Baden-Baden. Through Mavignier, Oehm met Mack and Piene, who invited him to the ZERO exhibition 'Dynamo 1' at the Boukes Gallery in Wiesbaden in July. From 1959 onwards, he participated in a total of 10 ZERO exhibitions. 1960 Galerie Azimut, Milan: Group exhibition with Uecker, Moldow, and Massironi. Studio F, Ulm: Exhibition with von Graevenitz, Pohl, and Staudt. Museum Leverkusen: Monochrome painting. Helmhaus Zurich: Concrete Art. 1966 Additive color sequences (Swing). 1968 Galeria Cadario, Rome. 1968 Moved to Krefeld, 1971 to Düsseldorf. From 1970, development of the 'Sand Fountains' project. 1977 Max Bill opens the exhibition 'Oehm Material Conception' at Studio F, Ulm. 1978 Moved to the Rhine-Main region, founded Oehm Art Production – 'Gulliver'. 1980 Stay in New York. 1983 Moved to the Canary Islands, revisited earlier themes under the overarching theme of 'Entropy and Order'. 1999 ZERO from Germany, Villa Merkel, Esslingen
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