Sale: 529 / Post War / Contemporary Art, June 10. 2022 in Munich Lot 231

 

231
Günther Förg
Ohne Titel, 1988.
Bronzerelief with green-brown patina
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,400
Sold:
€ 75,000 / $ 81,000

(incl. surcharge)
Ohne Titel. 1988.
Bronzerelief with green-brown patina.
Lower right with the name and the date. Lower right part with the foundry mark "Casper Guss". One of three copies. 89 x 59 x 6 cm (35 x 23.2 x 2.3 in).
[AM].
• Early bronze by Günther Förg's.
• As of the mid 1980s the artist made impressive bronze reliefs with a singular expressiveness attained through the varying surface qualities.
• Förg's bronzes are in many important collections, among them the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, the Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe, and the Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
.

We are grateful to Mr Michael Neff of the Estate Günther Förg for kindly confirming this work's authenticity. It is registered in the archive with the number WVF.88.BR.0360.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Belgium.

LITERATURE: Christie's, Amsterdam, November 29, 2011, lot 148.




231
Günther Förg
Ohne Titel, 1988.
Bronzerelief with green-brown patina
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,400
Sold:
€ 75,000 / $ 81,000

(incl. surcharge)