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Winterauktionen 24.–25.11.2023
Acht, René
1920 Basel - 1998 Herbolzheim.
«Haus in den Wolken (house in the sky)».
Oil on canvas. Verso signed, dated (19)69 and numbered «No 10». Verso on the stretcher signed again, dated (19)69 as well as inscribed ««Würfelarti[…] Haus (dice[...] house)».
H 53,5, W 54 cm (support). Gallery frame.
«These pictures bear the simple title ‹House› because I feel the human body as a dwelling, as a shelter, as a ‹house› for the soul and the spirit. They are so-called realisations in colour + form. The body, the house in which the soul and the spirit dwell. [...] As is well known, there is a lot of bipolarity in every person. Therefore, when painting a ‹house›, I have to strive to make these opposites visible. [...] The human being is at the centre of my interest. I am not only moved by their outer appearance; I also want to experience their inner life. My task is to make the trinity, body - soul - spirit, visible. [...] Becoming - being - passing away.» René Acht in: Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Kunstmuseum Singen, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau (Ed.), René Acht, Lyrisch-Konkret, Cologne 2021, p. 110.
Authentication: We would like to thank Ms Bärbel Acht and Mr Andreas H.H. Suberg, Nachlass René Acht, for the verbal authentication based on the original on-site, 18.09.2023.
Provenance: private collection Dreiländereck.
Literature: Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Kunstmuseum Singen und Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau (Ed.), René Acht, Lyrisch-Konkret, Köln 2021, p. 144, No. 133 (cf.).

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