Formen farbig (Fliegende Formen)
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Formen farbig (Fliegende Formen) [Colored Forms (Flying Forms)] shows smooth, rounded oblong shapes floating across a pale cream ground, scattered at varying angles: a large dark charcoal-black wedge at the top, a bright red-orange oval, a warm beige pebble shape, a dark olive bar, a teal-green rounded rectangle near the bottom, and several smaller gray and tan forms. The shapes are flat, clean-edged, and evenly painted, with no visible brushwork. The composition has a weightless, suspended quality — the forms drift across the surface without anchoring to anything. This is from the Eidos series and its extensions, where Baumeister was working with organic, biomorphic shapes influenced by his study of primordial plant forms through Goethe and by his ongoing interest in prehistoric art.