These are antique pieces and are sold as such. Although VV does its best to highlight major flaws, minor imperfections should be expected reflecting the age and previous use of the piece.
This work by Swiss artist Jean-Edouard Augsburger stands as a significant example of his mature abstract language — one rooted in material tension, structural reduction, and the expressive potential of relief.
Executed in 1970, the composition is built through dense, textured fields of black pigment interrupted by irregular geometric forms in white and grey. The surface carries the physicality characteristic of Augsburger's practice: thick, worked matter that holds light differently depending on the angle of viewing. A small warm-toned square in the upper register introduces a single note of chromatic warmth against an otherwise austere palette, punctuating the composition with quiet precision.
Rather than depicting, Augsburger constructs — a spatial syntax of forms that suggest architecture, threshold, or the internal logic of an object. The interplay between opaque black masses and the luminous, textured whites creates a sense of depth that is both formal and visceral.
Notably, 1970 was the year Augsburger was selected as one of three Swiss artists to represent Switzerland at the Venice Biennale — lending this work particular biographical and historical resonance within his career.
Signed and dated by the artist.
Medium: Mixed media on paper Year: 1970 Artist: Jean-Edouard Augsburger (1925–2008), La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Measurements: With frame: 129 × 100 cm Without frame: 109 × 80 cm
This work by Swiss artist Jean-Edouard Augsburger stands as a significant example of his mature abstract language — one rooted in material tension, structural reduction, and the expressive potential of relief.
Executed in 1970, the composition is built through dense, textured fields of black pigment interrupted by irregular geometric forms in white and grey. The surface carries the physicality characteristic of Augsburger's practice: thick, worked matter that holds light differently depending on the angle of viewing. A small warm-toned square in the upper register introduces a single note of chromatic warmth against an otherwise austere palette, punctuating the composition with quiet precision.
Rather than depicting, Augsburger constructs — a spatial syntax of forms that suggest architecture, threshold, or the internal logic of an object. The interplay between opaque black masses and the luminous, textured whites creates a sense of depth that is both formal and visceral.
Notably, 1970 was the year Augsburger was selected as one of three Swiss artists to represent Switzerland at the Venice Biennale — lending this work particular biographical and historical resonance within his career.
Signed and dated by the artist.
Medium: Mixed media on paper Year: 1970 Artist: Jean-Edouard Augsburger (1925–2008), La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Measurements: With frame: 129 × 100 cm Without frame: 109 × 80 cm
These are antique pieces and are sold as such. Although VV does its best to highlight major flaws, minor imperfections should be expected reflecting the age and previous use of the piece.
