Join The Collection to save, track, and explore works like this.

Günther Förg — Capri – 6 Cantos
Günther Förg

Capri – 6 Cantos

1994

Günther Förg 's  Capri – 6 Cantos  (1994) is a suite of six signed lithographs that exemplifies the artist's engagement with color field painting, architectural structure, and seriality. Each abstract print presents a gestural rectangular block of saturated color—green, red, blue, or pink—set against printed graph paper, a motif Förg frequently employed to introduce an underlying rational grid beneath painterly surfaces. The tension between the irregular paint forms and the precise geometric ground reflects Förg's ongoing dialogue with modernist abstraction. Referencing both the legacy of American Color Field painters and European postwar abstraction, the series explores balance, proportion, and chromatic contrast through subtle shifts in scale and placement. The grid functions not merely as background but as a structural device, heightening the spatial and optical resonance of each composition. Published in 1994 in a limited edition of 40 prints,  Capri – 6 Cantos  is hand-signed and numbered by the artist. This print portfolio underscores Förg's refined approach to printmaking, where repetition and variation create a cohesive yet rhythmically differentiated body of work.

Medium
Photography with painted interventions on paper or canvas
Signed
Yes

Notes

From MLTPL New Art Editions collection. Handle: gunther-forg-capri-6-cantos.

For Sale — $18000

Start the Discussion

Request access to join the discussion

About this work

Günther Förg, Capri – 6 Cantos, 1994

Günther Förg 's  Capri – 6 Cantos  (1994) is a suite of six signed lithographs that exemplifies the artist's engagement with color field painting, architectural structure, and seriality. Each abstract print presents a gestural rectangular block of saturated color—green, red, blue, or pink—set against printed graph paper, a motif Förg frequently employed to introduce an underlying rational grid beneath painterly surfaces. The tension between the irregular paint forms and the precise geometric ground reflects Förg's ongoing dialogue with modernist abstraction. Referencing both the legacy of American Color Field painters and European postwar abstraction, the series explores balance, proportion, and chromatic contrast through subtle shifts in scale and placement. The grid functions not merely as background but as a structural device, heightening the spatial and optical resonance of each composition. Published in 1994 in a limited edition of 40 prints,  Capri – 6 Cantos  is hand-signed and numbered by the artist. This print portfolio underscores Förg's refined approach to printmaking, where repetition and variation create a cohesive yet rhythmically differentiated body of work.

Medium
Photography with painted interventions on paper or canvas
Year
1994
Edition
of 40
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
MLTPL, Hamburg

Related themes

Photography, Wall Painting, German Art, Abstract Expressionism, Large Format, Late 20th Century, Architecture, Minimalism

More works by Günther Förg