How much does N3CC#CB cost?

N3CC#CB (2024) is priced at $7,300 USD. The work is currently available for acquisition directly from the studio, through partner galleries, or via 1stDibs.

What are the dimensions and medium of N3CC#CB?

N3CC#CB (2024) measures 170 × 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 N3CC#CB about?

N3CC#CB is a large abstract oil painting (170 × 150 cm) completed in 2024 by Claus Bertermann. It exemplifies one of the most distinctive principles in his abstract practice: the idea that subtraction is as generative as addition — that the act of removing paint creates meaning in the same way that applying it does. In most painting traditions, the visible surface represents the painter's final additions — what was laid down last is what is seen. In Bertermann's sedimentary method, this logic is inverted. The visible surface of N3CC#CB is partly the result of removal: of palette knife passes that stripped away the most recently applied layers and exposed earlier chromatic material. The painting's history is thus written into its present appearance — the viewer who looks closely is reading the sequence of decisions rather than simply seeing a finished image. This principle — that a painting's past should remain visible in its present — gives Bertermann's abstract works their characteristic density. N3CC#CB is not a monochromatic or simplistic surface. It carries within it multiple color states, multiple painting sessions, multiple decisions that were made, contested, and sometimes literally scraped away. At 170 × 150 cm, the work is large enough for this visual complexity to be apprehended at different distances. From across a room, it reads as a unified chromatic field with directional movement. Closer, the stratigraphy becomes legible — the excavated passages, the residual edges of earlier applications, the texture of different drying states.

Is N3CC#CB AI-generated?

No. N3CC#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.

N3CC#CB | Abstract Works | Claus Bertermann

N3CC#CB (2024) — 170 × 150 cm | 67 × 59 in

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

N3CC#CB, 2024 — detail 5 | Claus Bertermann

N3CC#CB, 2024, 170 × 150 cm — full view | Claus Bertermann

N3CC#CB, 2024 — detail 1 | Claus Bertermann

N3CC#CB | Abstract Works | Claus Bertermann

CLAUS BERTERMANN — N3CC#CB (2024), 170 x 150 cm