Lot 250
250
Max Bill (1908-1994)
Property from the Francey and Dr. Martin L. Gecht Collection
Max Bill (1908-1994)

Unity in Three Equal Cylinders

Details
Max Bill (1908-1994)
Unity in Three Equal Cylinders
signed, numbered and dated 'Bill 1966 III/IV g' (on one cylinder)
gilt brass
9½ x 17¼ x 13½ in. (24.2 x 43.8 x 34.3 cm.)
Executed in 1966. This work is numbered three from an edition of four.
Provenance
B. C. Holland, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1994
Literature
Max Bill, exh. cat., Albright-Knox Art Art Gallery, Buffalo, 1974, p. 144 (another version illustrated).
Sale room notice
Please note that this work is illustrated on it's side. When properly installed, the cylindrical elements would intersect near the ground plane causing each of the three elements to extend upward.

Lot Essay

Max Bill's dual career as both architect and artist resulted in a body of sculptural work that balanced between the intellectual and the intuitive. He believed that sculpture should take clear, concrete forms, and develop symmetrically from a core. Bill stated: "Concrete Art is autonomous in its specificity. It is the expression of the human spirit, destined for the human spirit, and should possess that clarity and that perfection which one expects from works of the human spirit" (quoted in "Concrete Art," Max Bill, exh. cat., Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1974).

More from Post-War and Contemporary Art (Morning Session)

View All
View All