verhexte Traum-Stätte. 1988.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in lower right. Signed, dated and titled on the reverse. 80 x 100 cm (31.4 x 39.3 in).
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• Bernard Schultze's dense, complex compositions are considered a central contribution to informal German painting.
• In three decades, the artist took part in the documenta in Kassel three times in 1959, 1964 and 1977.
• His works are now part of important collections like the Tate Gallery, London, the Folkwang Museum, Essen, and the Museum Ludwig, Cologne.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Henze & Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern.
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford (acquired from the above in 1991).

EXHIBITION: Bernard Schultze: Werke aus den Jahren 1952-1990, Galleria Henze, Campione d'Italia, 1990-1991, cat. no. 28 (illustrated in colors on p. 49).

LITERATURE: Stephan Diederich/Barbara Hermann, Bernard Schultze. Verzeichnis der Werke, vol. II: 1939 to 1989, Cologne/Munich 2015, no. 88/79 (illustrated in colors on p. 598).
Lothar Romain/Rolf Wedewer, Bernard Schultze. Monographie, Munich 1991, color plate 168.

In very good condition. Corners minimally rubbed. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of knowledge.