Paper relief, tempera painted, in plexiglass box
Germany, 1971
Jirí Hilmar (born 1937) - Czech artist, founding member of the ‘Club of Concretists’, lives in Germany since 1969
Titled, dated and signed on the reverse on a paper card ‘Obsah 022/971 - 1971 - Ji?í Hilmar’
Size: 61 x 61 x 5,8 cm
Good Condition
Provenance: Private collection, Rhineland
One of the rare relief objects in a plexiglass box with cut and folded paperwork in black and white; works of this type fetch up to €16,800 on the international auction market

Offered here is one of the demanded relief objects by Czech artist Jirí Hilmar. Painted with black tempera, the cut and folded papers form a relief, mounted in a square Plexiglass box. The reduced geometrical shapes of the pattern-like structures are repeated again and again, creating a visual effect for the viewer. This work by Jirí Hilmar testifies to the exploration of constructivism but also the Op-Art movement, which was particularly popular in the 1960s as represented by Victor Vasarely (1908-1997) and Josef Albers (1888-1976) among others.



The relief object is titled, dated and signed on the reverse on a paper card ‘Obsah 022/971 - 1971 - Ji?í Hilmar’. It is in good condition with only minor signs of age and wear. The dimensions are 61 x 61 x 5,8 cm.



Jirí Hilmar (b. 1937)

Jirí Hilmar was born in 1937 in Hradec Kralove in the former Czechoslovakia. From 1952 to 1956 he studied at the School of Applied Arts in Prague. In 1967 he was involved in the founding of the so-called ‘Club of Concretists’ in Czechoslovakia. In the late 1960s he moved to Germany and settled in Gelsenkirchen where he established his studio. In 2005 he was offered a teaching position at the University of Dortmund. The artist lives and works in Gelsenkirchen.

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