Object: Sculpture
Artist: Jo Niemeyer (born 1946)
Publisher: Edition Partanen, Germany
Title: Spirale Blue 94-50
Edition: No. 68 of 95
Signature: Signed “Niemeyer”
Year: 1994
Dimensions: 12 × 12 × 49.5 cm
Condition: Very good original condition
Condition Report:
The sculpture is in overall good, authentic condition, with signs of age and use. The edge of the blue painted area shows minor localized abrasion.
There is a scratch in the acrylic glass that is difficult to capture clearly in the photographs. The connection area where the two acrylic glass elements fit together shows signs of age and use resulting from repeated assembly.
Overall, these signs of wear remain discreet and do not significantly affect the sculpture’s appearance. They are consistent with its age and use.
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About the Object
This slender acrylic glass sculpture combines transparency with precisely defined areas of blue, red, yellow, and black. The overlapping transparent planes create a shifting visual experience depending on the viewing angle, bringing color, space, and proportion into dialogue.
The rigorous geometric structure and restrained use of color are characteristic of Jo Niemeyer’s Constructivist visual language and his exploration of mathematical proportions and Concrete Art.
What makes this work particularly compelling is the way Niemeyer translates an order usually conceived in two dimensions into three-dimensional space. Here, color is not simply observed; it is continually reconfigured through transparency, distance, and perspective. Despite its strict geometry, the sculpture thus achieves a surprisingly dynamic presence.
About the Artist
Jo Niemeyer is among the German representatives of Concrete Art whose work consistently explores geometric order, proportion, and mathematical structures. Since the 1970s, he has developed works in which line, plane, color, and spacing are organized not intuitively, but according to clearly defined systems. The Golden Ratio plays a central role in his practice, serving as both a compositional and structural principle in numerous works.
His art belongs to the tradition of geometric modernism while developing its ideas in a distinctly individual direction. Whereas Piet Mondrian sought a universal visual harmony through horizontal and vertical lines and primary colors, Niemeyer frequently bases his compositions on mathematically defined systems of order. Their affinity lies in the reduction to elementary forms and colors; the distinction lies in their methods.
It is precisely this combination of visual clarity and mathematical precision that defines Niemeyer’s work. His compositions have an immediate visual impact, yet they are grounded in a rigorously conceived underlying structure. They therefore occupy a distinctive position between Concrete Art, Constructivist design, and mathematical aesthetics.
Niemeyer’s works have been exhibited internationally and are represented in major collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, the Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin, and the Museum für Konkrete Kunst in Ingolstadt. The presentation of his work at the Mondriaanhuis in Amersfoort further highlights its art-historical connection to the traditions of De Stijl and geometric abstraction.
Object: Sculpture
Artist: Jo Niemeyer (born 1946)
Publisher: Edition Partanen, Germany
Title: Spirale Blue 94-50
Edition: No. 68 of 95
Signature: Signed “Niemeyer”
Year: 1994
Dimensions: 12 × 12 × 49.5 cm
Condition: Very good original condition
Condition Report:
The sculpture is in overall good, authentic condition, with signs of age and use. The edge of the blue painted area shows minor localized abrasion.
There is a scratch in the acrylic glass that is difficult to capture clearly in the photographs. The connection area where the two acrylic glass elements fit together shows signs of age and use resulting from repeated assembly.
Overall, these signs of wear remain discreet and do not significantly affect the sculpture’s appearance. They are consistent with its age and use.
Price on request
Request more information
Selected items – We change the way you think about forever.
About the Object
This slender acrylic glass sculpture combines transparency with precisely defined areas of blue, red, yellow, and black. The overlapping transparent planes create a shifting visual experience depending on the viewing angle, bringing color, space, and proportion into dialogue.
The rigorous geometric structure and restrained use of color are characteristic of Jo Niemeyer’s Constructivist visual language and his exploration of mathematical proportions and Concrete Art.
What makes this work particularly compelling is the way Niemeyer translates an order usually conceived in two dimensions into three-dimensional space. Here, color is not simply observed; it is continually reconfigured through transparency, distance, and perspective. Despite its strict geometry, the sculpture thus achieves a surprisingly dynamic presence.
About the Artist
Jo Niemeyer is among the German representatives of Concrete Art whose work consistently explores geometric order, proportion, and mathematical structures. Since the 1970s, he has developed works in which line, plane, color, and spacing are organized not intuitively, but according to clearly defined systems. The Golden Ratio plays a central role in his practice, serving as both a compositional and structural principle in numerous works.
His art belongs to the tradition of geometric modernism while developing its ideas in a distinctly individual direction. Whereas Piet Mondrian sought a universal visual harmony through horizontal and vertical lines and primary colors, Niemeyer frequently bases his compositions on mathematically defined systems of order. Their affinity lies in the reduction to elementary forms and colors; the distinction lies in their methods.
It is precisely this combination of visual clarity and mathematical precision that defines Niemeyer’s work. His compositions have an immediate visual impact, yet they are grounded in a rigorously conceived underlying structure. They therefore occupy a distinctive position between Concrete Art, Constructivist design, and mathematical aesthetics.
Niemeyer’s works have been exhibited internationally and are represented in major collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, the Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin, and the Museum für Konkrete Kunst in Ingolstadt. The presentation of his work at the Mondriaanhuis in Amersfoort further highlights its art-historical connection to the traditions of De Stijl and geometric abstraction.
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