Silkscreen print on paper.
Sheet size: 65 × 50 cm, Image size: 45 × 36 cm
Signed and dated in the lower right; numbered in the lower left.
'Komposition / Composition' by Max Bill is a silkscreen composed of flat, hard-edged triangles in yellow, green, pink, and blue, arranged across two offset rectangular zones with a single white triangle breaking the chromatic sequence at centre. The left column of triangles stands free of the grid, extending the composition asymmetrically into the surrounding white margin. Bill trained at the Bauhaus under Kandinsky and Klee, and later became a principal theorist and practitioner of Concrete Art — a movement holding that visual form should be generated by rule and reason rather than representation or emotion. The mathematical rotation of colour across the triangular units here is characteristic of his systematic approach, in which a fixed palette cycles through permutations to produce relational tension without hierarchy. Dated to 1994, this silkscreen belongs to the final year of Bill's life, placing it among his last printed works.
Max Bill (Switzerland, 1908–1994) was a multidisciplinary artist, architect, and designer associated with the Bauhaus and concrete art movements. Renowned for his geometric sculptures, paintings, and typography, he pioneered functional design aesthetics. His works often blur the line between art and utility, emphasizing clarity and precision.
Komposition / Composition, 1994
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Silkscreen print on paper.
Sheet size: 65 × 50 cm, Image size: 45 × 36 cm
Signed and dated in the lower right; numbered in the lower left.
'Komposition / Composition' by Max Bill is a silkscreen composed of flat, hard-edged triangles in yellow, green, pink, and blue, arranged across two offset rectangular zones with a single white triangle breaking the chromatic sequence at centre. The left column of triangles stands free of the grid, extending the composition asymmetrically into the surrounding white margin. Bill trained at the Bauhaus under Kandinsky and Klee, and later became a principal theorist and practitioner of Concrete Art — a movement holding that visual form should be generated by rule and reason rather than representation or emotion. The mathematical rotation of colour across the triangular units here is characteristic of his systematic approach, in which a fixed palette cycles through permutations to produce relational tension without hierarchy. Dated to 1994, this silkscreen belongs to the final year of Bill's life, placing it among his last printed works.
Max Bill (Switzerland, 1908–1994) was a multidisciplinary artist, architect, and designer associated with the Bauhaus and concrete art movements. Renowned for his geometric sculptures, paintings, and typography, he pioneered functional design aesthetics. His works often blur the line between art and utility, emphasizing clarity and precision.
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Komposition / Composition, 1994
65 x 50 cm
