Sale: 519 / Post War / Cont. Art II, June 19. 2021 in Munich Lot 606

 

606
Elvira Bach
Freiwillig allein (Auf unser schönes Leben), 2020.
Acrylic on paper
Estimate:
€ 8,000 / $ 8,640
Sold:
€ 9,375 / $ 10,125

(incl. surcharge)
Freiwillig allein (Auf unser schönes Leben). 2020.
Acrylic on paper.
Lower right signed and dated. Signed, dated and titled on the reverse. On light board. 140 x 100 cm (55.1 x 39.3 in), the full sheet. [CH].

• The colorful, large-format figure representations by Elvira Bach celebrate a self-confident, emancipated type of woman.
• With her portraits of women Elvira Bach achieved international fame as early as in the 1980s.
• In the 1980s, she and Rainer Fetting, Salomé, Luciano Castelli and Helmut Middendorf belonged to the inner circle of Berlin's "Junge Wilde".
• In 1982 she took part in documenta 7 in Kassel.
• Today the artist's work is represented in important collections, among them the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Deutsche Bank Collection and the Städtische Galerie, Wolfsburg
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606
Elvira Bach
Freiwillig allein (Auf unser schönes Leben), 2020.
Acrylic on paper
Estimate:
€ 8,000 / $ 8,640
Sold:
€ 9,375 / $ 10,125

(incl. surcharge)