Warum, warum lächelst du herüber, Pan. 1981.
Mixed media. Watercolor, gouache, pencil and India ink.
Janda 81/8. Signed, dated and titled in lower left and in left of center. With the artist's blindstamp. On Richard de Bas laid paper (with the watermark). 66 x 51 cm (25.9 x 20 in), the full sheet.

• Filigree and technically fascinating work by the acclaimed graphic artist
• Poetic work with references to ancient mythology, an expression of an intentionally unpolitical artistic autonomy in the days of the GDR.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Brusberg, Hanover.
Ernst Jürgen Kirchertz, Göttingen (acquired from aforementioned in 1981).
Private collection Rhineland.

EXHIBITION: Kölner Kunstmarkt, Galerie Brusberg, Hanover, 1981.
Gerhard Altenbourg zum 60. Geburtstag, Kunstverein Göttingen, Künstlerhaus, November 9 - November 30, 1986, cat. no. 30 (with illu.).
Gerhard Altenbourg. Arbeiten auf Papier und Graphik, Kunstverein Ulm, July 15 - August 18, 1990.
Gerhard Altenbourg. Mischtechniken, Zeichnungen, Graphiken, Stadtsparkasse, Bad Pyrmont, October 29 - November 29, 1991, cat. no. 30 (with illu.).

In good condition.
The condition report was compiled in daylight and to the best of knowledge.