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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Fra Firenze 86/88, 1988

Georg Karl Pfahler

Fra Firenze 86/88, 1988

Sale Date: February 23, 2022

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Doppel-Tex 63/88

Georg Karl Pfahler

Doppel-Tex 63/88

Sale Date: February 23, 2022

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Untitled, 1955–1975

Georg Karl Pfahler

Untitled, 1955–1975

Sale Date: February 23, 2022

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Untitled, 1959–1960

Georg Karl Pfahler

Untitled, 1959–1960

Sale Date: February 23, 2022

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O.T., 1981

Georg Karl Pfahler

O.T., 1981

Sale Date: February 19, 2022

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Siebdruck, handkoloriert, 1961

Georg Karl Pfahler

Siebdruck, handkoloriert, 1961

Sale Date: February 19, 2022

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Two Plates, from Ost-West Transit (2 works), , 1971

Georg Karl Pfahler

Two Plates, from Ost-West Transit (2 works), , 1971

Sale Date: February 23, 2022

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Two Plates, from Ost-West Transit (2 works), , 1971

Georg Karl Pfahler

Two Plates, from Ost-West Transit (2 works), , 1971

Sale Date: February 23, 2022

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Two Plates, from Ost-West Transit (2 works), , 1971

Georg Karl Pfahler

Two Plates, from Ost-West Transit (2 works), , 1971

Sale Date: February 23, 2022

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Seven Plates, from Ost-West Transit (7..., 1971

Georg Karl Pfahler

Seven Plates, from Ost-West Transit (7..., 1971

Sale Date: February 23, 2022

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A mon ami Hans Jürgen, 1959

Georg Karl Pfahler

A mon ami Hans Jürgen, 1959

Sale Date: March 26, 2021

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Ohne Titel, 1961

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel, 1961

Sale Date: December 18, 2021

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o.T., 1981

Georg Karl Pfahler

o.T., 1981

Sale Date: December 18, 2021

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Bez tytułu

Georg Karl Pfahler

Bez tytułu

Sale Date: November 22, 2021

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Bez tytułu

Georg Karl Pfahler

Bez tytułu

Sale Date: November 22, 2021

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Ost-West-Transit K III, 1970

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ost-West-Transit K III, 1970

Sale Date: December 1, 2021

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100 mm, 1959

Georg Karl Pfahler

100 mm, 1959

Sale Date: November 8, 2021

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Ohne Titel, 1971

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel, 1971

Sale Date: November 14, 2021

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FORMATIV NR 161, 1961

Georg Karl Pfahler

FORMATIV NR 161, 1961

Sale Date: July 15, 2021

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Untitled, 1965

Georg Karl Pfahler

Untitled, 1965

Sale Date: June 27, 2021

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Orlando, 1967–1968

Georg Karl Pfahler

Orlando, 1967–1968

Sale Date: June 19, 2021

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Konkrete Kompositionen, 1981–1993

Georg Karl Pfahler

Konkrete Kompositionen, 1981–1993

Sale Date: June 11, 2021

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from Neun Sergraphien 1, 1968

Georg Karl Pfahler

from Neun Sergraphien 1, 1968

Sale Date: May 6, 2021

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Ohne Titel, 1959

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel, 1959

Sale Date: May 8, 2021

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