Georg Karl Pfahler

(German, 1926–2002)

Georg Karl Pfahler was a leading German painter known for his Hard-Edge abstractions. The artist dedicated his entire career to the investigation of the relationship between color, shape, and space, and was considered at the forefront of the Color Field movement. “In Pfahler's painting the color has both a displacing and a constitutive function, which bewilders and stimulates the observer to critical reflection,” Peter Beye once wrote of his work. Born in 1926, Pfahler studied at the Kunstakademie Stuttgart under Willi Baumeister, graduating in 1954. Initially working as a sculptor, it was Baumeister who encouraged Pfahler to focus on painting. Influenced by the tradition of European Art Informel, he quickly began to adopt an innovative abstract geometric painting style by the early 1960s. Pfahler continued to reduce his style even further to exclusively focus on the dynamic between shapes, and to examine the deeper relationships between space and color. By the mid 1960s, Pfahler had exhibited alongside artists such as Frank Stella, Ellsworth Kelly, and Kenneth Noland in shows such as “Signale” at the Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland. In 1966, Pfahler had his first show in the United States at Fischbach Gallery, curated by Barnett Newman. Pfahler went on to represent Germany alongside Gunther Uecker, Heinz Mack, and Kaspar Thomas Lenk at the Venice Biennale in 1970. In the decades that followed, Pfahler continued to experiment with the constraints and boundaries of painting. He died on January 6, 2002 in Emetzheim, Germany. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, and the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, among others.

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SP.O.R/ZAD, 1964

Georg Karl Pfahler

SP.O.R/ZAD, 1964

Sale Date: May 14, 2009

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Espan

Georg Karl Pfahler

Sale Date: April 21, 2009

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Ohne Titel, 1959

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel, 1959

Sale Date: April 21, 2009

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STO I, 1963

Georg Karl Pfahler

Sale Date: April 29, 2009

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$Drei-B-Tex, 1966$

Georg Karl Pfahler

Drei-B-Tex, 1966

Sale Date: April 25, 2009

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Ohne Titel - Farbvariante eines Motivs (+ 2..., 1977

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel - Farbvariante eines Motivs (+ 2..., 1977

Sale Date: November 29, 2008

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Metropolitan XXXV, 1964

Georg Karl Pfahler

Metropolitan XXXV, 1964

Sale Date: November 13, 2008

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2 Blätter: Ohne Titel, 1972

Georg Karl Pfahler

2 Blätter: Ohne Titel, 1972

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Ohne Titel, 1950–1955

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel, 1950–1955

Sale Date: October 15, 2008

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S.P.O.R. Ming/Hawu, 1962–1963

Georg Karl Pfahler

S.P.O.R. Ming/Hawu, 1962–1963

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Kl. Fra NRR, 1987

Georg Karl Pfahler

Kl. Fra NRR, 1987

Sale Date: May 27, 2008

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Komposition in Rot und Schwarz, 1993

Georg Karl Pfahler

Komposition in Rot und Schwarz, 1993

Sale Date: April 30, 2008

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Ohne Titel - Dominant Blau, 1965

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel - Dominant Blau, 1965

Sale Date: April 26, 2008

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Ohne Titel (+ 2 works), 1972

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel (+ 2 works), 1972

Sale Date: April 5, 2008

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Komposition Rot, Grün und Schwarz, 1962

Georg Karl Pfahler

Komposition Rot, Grün und Schwarz, 1962

Sale Date: April 5, 2008

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Ohne Titel

Georg Karl Pfahler

Sale Date: March 15, 2008

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Kombinations Spiel (portfolio of 12)

Georg Karl Pfahler

Kombinations Spiel (portfolio of 12)

Sale Date: March 15, 2008

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Claff II (Komposition in blau, rosa und..., 1967

Georg Karl Pfahler

Claff II (Komposition in blau, rosa und..., 1967

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Kl. Fra. NRR., 1987

Georg Karl Pfahler

Kl. Fra. NRR., 1987

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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Doppeltex III, 1965

Georg Karl Pfahler

Doppeltex III, 1965

Sale Date: November 29, 2007

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Ohne Titel, 1961

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel, 1961

Sale Date: November 30, 2007

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Gora, 1963–1964

Georg Karl Pfahler

Gora, 1963–1964

Sale Date: November 15, 2007

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Dominant Blau, 1965

Georg Karl Pfahler

Dominant Blau, 1965

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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Ohne Titel (Komposition mit schwarz,rRot und , 1962

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel (Komposition mit schwarz,rRot und , 1962

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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