Sale: 519 / Post War / Cont. Art II, June 19. 2021 in Munich Lot 566

 

566
Jonas Burgert
Adlerkopf, 2005.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 43,200
Sold:
€ 52,500 / $ 56,700

(incl. surcharge)
Adlerkopf. 2005.
Oil on canvas.
110 x 80 x 5 cm (43.3 x 31.4 x 1.9 in).

• Burgert is considered one of the most important contemporary artists in Germany and an internationally sought-after representative of New German Figuration
• The early painting "Adlerkopf" is a great example of Burgert's virtuoso use of historical references
• "Adlerkopf" is a document of Burgert's work process in which every detail is detail is meticulously conceived and which fundmentally excludes any sort of artistic spontaneity.
• Burgert's paintings are complex pictorial riddles that often address existential questions making them painted philosophy.
• "Adlerkopf" was made the year of Burgert's breakthroug in context of the exhibition "Geschichtenerzähler" (2005) at the Hamburger Kunsthalle.
• Today Burgert's paintings are in possession of, among others, the London Saatchi Gallery, the Kunsthalle Hamburg or the Collection Sander in Berlin
.

We are grateful to the Studio Jonas Burgert, Berlin, for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Hanover.
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from aforementioned in 2011).

EXHIBITION: Gift - Jonas Burgert, ex. cat. Düsseldorf 2008, p. 7 (with illu.).

Jonas Burgert, quote from: deutschlandfunkkultur.de, April 18, 2018




566
Jonas Burgert
Adlerkopf, 2005.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 43,200
Sold:
€ 52,500 / $ 56,700

(incl. surcharge)