Art (1945-contemporary) > Abstract Art Post-War K.R.H. (d.i. Kurt R. Hoffmann) Sonderborg - Biography

9.XI.54. 1954.
India Ink drawing.
Lower right signed and dated "9.XI.54". On smooth wove paper. 51 x 57 cm (20 x 22.4 in), the full sheet. [SM].
• K. R. H. Sonderborg uses the "non-colors" black and white almost exclusively in his painterly and graphic oeuvre.
• The characteristic style of his gestural-abstract works is based on, among others, influences from Asian calligraphy, American Abstract Expressionism and the artistic method of Automatism.
• Sonderborg took part in documenta II and III in 1959 and 1964, and in the Venice Biennale in 1964 and 1970.
PROVENANCE: Walter Bischoff Galerie, Stuttgart.
Private collection Baden-Württemberg.
Good overall impression. Paper somewhat creased. Minimally rubbed in places. Edges with small splits. Corners with a small hole that is rebacked on the reverse.
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