Lot 16 D α

“The possibility of expressing "one color by all colors" must be contrasted with the possibility of expressing all colors through one color. This idea makes sense only because it is possible to bring one color into play so that it becomes completely self-sufficient. We can achieve such intensity of color vibration through a continuum of deviations from an ideal monochrome, or through a continuum of graduated value of the same. The primary condition for vibration of color is that some elements remain stable throughout chromatic modulation; in this way color is given its freedom.”
Heinz Mack, “The New Dynamic Structure”, in: ZERO 1, Düsseldorf 1958; Reprint ZERO 1-3, Heinz Mack und Otto Piene, Cologne 1973, p. 14.