Diversity in the Work and Collection of Heinz Sevenich
The Heinz Sevenich Collection brings together a carefully curated selection of works created over decades of artistic practice. Presented as part of a themed auction, the collection highlights the breadth and diversity of his oeuvre—from drawings and paintings to sculptural and conceptual works. It also includes selected pieces of ethnographic art collected by Sevenich, reflecting his broader artistic curiosity and engagement with form, culture, and material.
The collection offers a rare opportunity to encounter works that were, for a long time, kept outside the public eye. Many of these pieces reflect Sevenich’s characteristic balance between structure and expression, combining a clear formal language with subtle emotional depth.
Rather than representing a single period, the collection spans different phases of his artistic development. Early works reveal an experimental and exploratory approach, while later pieces demonstrate increasing clarity, reduction, and compositional precision. Together, they form a coherent yet multifaceted body of work—extended by the presence of ethnographic objects that resonate with his artistic sensibility.
As part of an international auction context, the collection makes selected works accessible to a wider audience for the first time. It not only reflects the artistic range of Heinz Sevenich, but also underscores the lasting relevance of his work—and the wider cultural perspective that informed it—within modern art and design.

HEINZ SEVENICH (Aachen/Germany 1935–2023). Figure composition, dated on the reverse 10-9-59, oil on panel.

