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A. R. Penck (d.i. Ralf Winkler)
Minotaurus selbst, 2005.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 45,600 Sold:
€ 59,340 / $ 67,647 (incl. surcharge)
213
A. R. Penck (d.i. Ralf Winkler)
Minotaurus selbst, 2005.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 45,600 Sold:
€ 59,340 / $ 67,647 (incl. surcharge)
A. R. Penck (d.i. Ralf Winkler)
1939 - 2017
Minotaurus selbst. 2005.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed in the lower right. 160 x 120 cm (62.9 x 47.2 in). [AW].
• A high-contrast work in vibrant colors with a mythological and archaic interpretive layer.
• The logic and systematics of A. R. Penck’s sign language are unique in postwar German art.
• The artist participated in documenta 5, 6, and 7 in 1972, 1977, and 1982.
• The artist’s works are in renowned museums worldwide, including the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The work is listed in the archive of Galerie Michael Werner, Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin.
Galleria San Carlo, Milan.
Private collection, Europe.
Private collection, Austria (acquired from the above in 2016).
EXHIBITION: A.R. Penck, Galleria San Carlo, Milan, March 2006, p. 18 (illustrated in color and on the cover).
LITERATURE: Dorotheum, Vienna, November 24, 2016, lot 1042 (illustrated in color on p. 173).
1939 - 2017
Minotaurus selbst. 2005.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed in the lower right. 160 x 120 cm (62.9 x 47.2 in). [AW].
• A high-contrast work in vibrant colors with a mythological and archaic interpretive layer.
• The logic and systematics of A. R. Penck’s sign language are unique in postwar German art.
• The artist participated in documenta 5, 6, and 7 in 1972, 1977, and 1982.
• The artist’s works are in renowned museums worldwide, including the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The work is listed in the archive of Galerie Michael Werner, Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin.
Galleria San Carlo, Milan.
Private collection, Europe.
Private collection, Austria (acquired from the above in 2016).
EXHIBITION: A.R. Penck, Galleria San Carlo, Milan, March 2006, p. 18 (illustrated in color and on the cover).
LITERATURE: Dorotheum, Vienna, November 24, 2016, lot 1042 (illustrated in color on p. 173).
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