Komposition (1925–1930)
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The entire surface is packed with angular, overlapping planes of saturated color: red, orange, green, blue, purple, brown, and black. Two large irregular white shapes are at the center and lower right providing the strongest contrast. The composition is dense, almost woven, with no empty space. The pastel is applied in thick, chalky strokes, the colors butting up against each other with black outlines and accents punctuating the forms. There's a suggestion of figures or a procession in the shapes — upright forms, draped fabric, possible heads — but nothing resolves into a clear image. Hölzel was deeply invested in color theory throughout his career, drawing on Goethe and developing his own system of color harmonics that he taught at the Stuttgart Academy for over a decade. Pastel on paper, signed and dated lower right.