Ohne Titel. 1961.
Oil on canvas.
Lower right signed and dated. Once more signed in the wet paint in lower left. With the crossed out inscription "17" on the reverse. Stretcher inscribed by a hand other than that of the artist. 120 x 140 cm (47.2 x 55.1 in).

In 1958, the artist founded the artist group "SPUR" together with Helmut Sturm, Heimrad Prem and Lothar Fischer.
• From 1959 to 1962, HP Zimmer was a member of the Situationist International.
• With their provocative positions, HP Zimmer and the other SPUR group members stand for the artistic and social awakening of the 1960s.
• In the first art trial after World War II, SPUR was accused of, among other things, blasphemy and pornography.

We are grateful to Dr. Nina Zimmer, SPUR-Archive Berlin, for her kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Denmark.
Private collection Southern Germany (since 2014, Grisebach).

LITERATURE: Grisebach Auktionen, Moderne Kunst, auction 233, November 28, 2014, lot 571 (illu.).