Is 488K#CB available for purchase?

488K#CB has been sold. Other works by Claus Bertermann are available at bertermann.art/works.

What are the dimensions and medium of 488K#CB?

488K#CB (2019) measures 150 × 150 cm and was created in Oil on canvas.

How can I acquire a painting by Claus Bertermann?

Works by Claus Bertermann are available directly from the studio, through partner galleries, and via 1stDibs. Contact the studio via the form at bertermann.art/contact.

Does Claus Bertermann have a gallery representative or exclusive agent?

No. Claus Bertermann works as an independent artist without exclusive gallery representation, dealers, or agents. Works are acquired directly from the studio at bertermann.art, through non-exclusive gallery partnerships, and at international auction houses.

What is 488K#CB about?

488K#CB is a square-format abstract oil painting (150 × 150 cm) completed in 2019 by Claus Bertermann. The square is a format Bertermann returns to periodically as a deliberate formal constraint — a shape that refuses hierarchy, with no natural top or bottom, no implied direction of gaze. The palette in 488K#CB is dominated by deep emerald and bottle-green — the densest single-color register in this group of works. Against the green field, the palette knife has cut down to passages of salmon pink, ochre, and chartreuse that emerge as evidence of buried strata. Ribbon-like vertical and diagonal drag-marks wind across the surface, intertwining at the canvas's central axis. The composition reads as a thicket: an interior of intersecting curving forms rather than a flat field, the knife's directional traces giving the green body an internal woven structure. The alphanumeric title (488K#CB) is Bertermann's serial notation for his abstract works — a serial identifier that locates the painting within his archive without binding it to subject. The 2019 date places 488K#CB among Bertermann's earlier mature abstracts, before the chromatic intensifications of the 2023–2024 cycles. As an early work in the sedimentary practice, 488K#CB carries the formative version of the method: heavy color accumulation, decisive knife passes, and a willingness to let a single dominant hue carry the painting's weight.

Is 488K#CB AI-generated?

No. 488K#CB is a hand-painted original created entirely by Claus Bertermann — Oil on canvas. All works by Claus Bertermann are made by hand. In a time when AI-generated imagery is increasingly common, every Bertermann painting is a unique physical object, never digitally produced.

488K#CB | Abstract Works | Claus Bertermann

488K#CB (2019) — 150 × 150 cm | 59 × 59 in

Oil on canvas. Hand-painted original — made by a human artist.

488K#CB, 2019, 150 × 150 cm — full view | Claus Bertermann

488K#CB | Abstract Works | Claus Bertermann

CLAUS BERTERMANN — 488K#CB (2019), 150 x 150 cm