De-Hex' - Clan of Clan. 1998.
Collage. Felt tip pen on photographs and newsprint on paper, in object frame.
Signed, dated and inscribed on the reverse. 145 x 114 cm (57 x 44.8 in), incl. frame. [JS].

• An outstanding example of Meese's childlike, associative work and his enthusiasm for the humorous play with role models and artistic self-presentation.
• From Meese's best creative period around the turn of the millennium, when he found his very own, non-conformist style in dense arrangements composed of text and image.
• Since 1998, Meese has been represented by CFA Berlin and in the following years became the celebrated enfant terrible of the emerging Berlin art scene.
• Similar collages are in the collection of, among others, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Städl Museum, Frankfurt am Main..

PROVENANCE: Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin (with the gallery label on the reverse).
Private collection Bavaria (since 2008, Grisebach November 29, 2008, lot 474).

LITERATURE: Grisebach, Berlin, Kunst des 19./20. und 21. Jahrhunderts, auction 162, November 29, 2008, lot no. 474 (illustrated).

In good condition. Slight waviness in places due to the technique and with isolated traces of glue that slightly push through to the recto. Slight creasing and traces of rubbing owing to the making and the technique. The original frame with scattered scratches and rubbed spots.