2014 Benefit Auction

Oskar Fischinger (1900-1967)

Square, 1934

Gouache on paper, punched for animation

11.25 x 10.875 inches

Numbered, unsigned

Starting bid: $3000 - REQUIRES BID FORM or arrangement

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DESCRIPTION

Photographed and used in the film Squares (1934), made in Berlin, and shot in the new Gaspar Color process which Fischinger helped develop. The Squares are some of Fischinger's only painted artworks made in Germany; he did not begin oil painting until moving to Los Angeles in 1936.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Artist's biography.

ADDITIONAL INFO:

Oskar Fischinger paintings and artwork are in the collections of The Guggenheim (New York), The Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Deutsches Filmmuseum (Frankfurt), Milwaukee Art Museum, Long Beach Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art and others worldwide.

Fischinger artwork (c) Fischinger Trust. Purchase does not transfer copyright.