Sale: 496 / Evening Sale, Dec. 06. 2019 in Munich Lot 162

 

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A. R. Penck (d.i. Ralf Winkler)
Ohne Titel, 1974.
Oil on yellow cloth
Estimate:
€ 60,000 / $ 64,800
Sold:
€ 81,250 / $ 87,750

(incl. surcharge)
Ohne Titel. 1974.
Oil on yellow cloth.
With the artist's signet of a framed R in pencil in upper left. 100 x 100 cm (39.3 x 39.3 in).

• Penck on his quest for an artistic identity, still with the early pseudonyms M.H. and T.M.
• Excellent early example of Penck's unmistakable sign language.
• Made in the GDR in clear opposition to the pictorial language of the prevailing Socialist Realism.
• Shown at the artist's first big solo show in Bern in 1975
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PROVENANCE: Annemarie Verna Galerie, Zürich.
From the collection of Esther and Klaus Gallwitz (acquired from aforementioned gallery in 1982).

EXHIBITION: A.R. Penck. PENCK MAL TM, Kunsthalle Bern, February 22 to April 6, 1975, cat. no. 52.
A.R. Penck, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, November 7, 1975 - December 14, 1975, cat. no. 52.
Kunst nach 45 aus Frankfurter Privatbesitz, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Steinernes Haus am Römerberg, Frankfurt am Main, October 7 - November 27, 1983.




162
A. R. Penck (d.i. Ralf Winkler)
Ohne Titel, 1974.
Oil on yellow cloth
Estimate:
€ 60,000 / $ 64,800
Sold:
€ 81,250 / $ 87,750

(incl. surcharge)