Is MQQ2#CB available for purchase?

MQQ2#CB has been sold. Other works by Claus Bertermann are available at bertermann.art/works.

What are the dimensions and medium of MQQ2#CB?

MQQ2#CB (2022) measures 180 × 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 MQQ2#CB about?

MQQ2#CB is a portrait-format abstract oil painting (180 × 150 cm) created in 2022 by Claus Bertermann. The work is a near-pair to MQQ1#CB — same dimensions, same year, same family of stratified vertical decisions, though the two are siblings rather than a diptych, each retaining its own internal logic. The composition reorganizes the MQQ1 palette under a more vertical structural logic. A deep emerald-green field carries the body of the painting; against it, long descending palette-knife passes in white, yellow, and pale jade drag across the surface at near-diagonal angles. Pockets of crimson and rose press through at the upper register where the knife has cut to warmer buried strata; a band of yellow-amber and ochre holds the lower-middle. The diagonal scrapes give the picture a directional logic that runs counter to the horizontal banding of its sibling — testing how the same palette behaves under a different structural decision. The alphanumeric title (MQQ2#CB) is Bertermann's serial notation for his abstract works. The proximity to MQQ1#CB in the archive marks the two as siblings in a 2022 sub-cycle. MQQ2#CB belongs to a 2022 cycle in which Bertermann let sibling works share a palette while organizing it under opposing directional logics — horizontal stratification in one, diagonal scrape in the other.

Is MQQ2#CB AI-generated?

No. MQQ2#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.

MQQ2#CB | Abstract Works | Claus Bertermann

MQQ2#CB (2022) — 180 × 150 cm | 71 × 59 in

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

MQQ2#CB, 2022, 180 × 150 cm — full view | Claus Bertermann

MQQ2#CB | Abstract Works | Claus Bertermann

CLAUS BERTERMANN — MQQ2#CB (2022), 180 x 150 cm