Sale: 519 / Post War / Cont. Art II, June 19. 2021 in Munich Lot 588

 

588
Andy Denzler
Photo Frame Painting #4 (Innocent X), 2015.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,440
Sold:
€ 22,500 / $ 24,300

(incl. surcharge)
Photo Frame Painting #4 (Innocent X). 2015.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated, titled and inscribed "'2334" on the reverse. 180 x 149 cm (70.8 x 58.6 in).
Denzler uses the famous portrait of pope "Innocent X" by Diego Velázquez from 1650 as basis for his work. [JS].
• First painting from the series of works dedicated to the important baroque painter Diego Velázquez on the international auction market.
• Wonderful play with sharpness and blur, representational and abstract painting, as well as the optical overlay of tradition and modernity.
• Denzler's large-format paintings are the artist's most sought-after works on the international auction market
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PROVENANCE: Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin.
Private collection Berlin (acquired from the above in 2015).

EXHIBITION: Breakfast with Velázquez, Galerie Michael Schultz, November 21 - December 12, 2015, p. 19 (with illu.).




588
Andy Denzler
Photo Frame Painting #4 (Innocent X), 2015.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,440
Sold:
€ 22,500 / $ 24,300

(incl. surcharge)