Ovčáček Eduard 1933–2022
Untitled, 1977
burnt collage, paper, frame,glass, in a cut-out 59 × 79 cm,
signed. UD E. Ovčáček 1977
Painting and graphic work of Eduard Ovčáček
belongs to the area of Lettrist art focused on
on the phenomenon of writing. Since the beginning of the sixties
1960s, when Ovčáček went through a short period of
of structural prints of informal character,
he discovered the myriad possibilities of working with pictorial
representation of individual graphemes, characters
and pictograms, which have since become his
central theme. Especially unique was
Ovčáček's technique of burnt collage
or relief, with which he placed himself in the context of
of post-war international objective
tendencies, in which natural
processes, including fire.
7
auction 65
starting price
65 000 CZK
€ 2 664
hammer price
65 000 CZK