Lot 330 
330
Claus Otto Paeffgen
Der Buddha lächelt, 1972/1994.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,000 Sold:
€ 25,400 / $ 26,670 (incl. surcharge)
Der Buddha lächelt. 1972/1994.
Acrylic on canvas.
Monogrammed and dated lower right. Typographically titled lower left. 263 x 235 cm (103.5 x 92.5 in). [AW].
• Large-format depiction of Buddha in Paeffgen's characteristic visual language full of wit and whimsy.
• Paeffgen alters real photographs, so that the works, in their reduced form, provoke thought.
• In 1992, he participated in the documenta IX in Kassel.
• Claus Otto Paeffgen's works are in renowned museums, including the Museum Folkwang, Essen, the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, and the Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf.
Private collection, Hamburg.
Levy Galerie, Hamburg.
Private collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 2008).
Acrylic on canvas.
Monogrammed and dated lower right. Typographically titled lower left. 263 x 235 cm (103.5 x 92.5 in). [AW].
• Large-format depiction of Buddha in Paeffgen's characteristic visual language full of wit and whimsy.
• Paeffgen alters real photographs, so that the works, in their reduced form, provoke thought.
• In 1992, he participated in the documenta IX in Kassel.
• Claus Otto Paeffgen's works are in renowned museums, including the Museum Folkwang, Essen, the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, and the Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf.
Private collection, Hamburg.
Levy Galerie, Hamburg.
Private collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 2008).
330
Claus Otto Paeffgen
Der Buddha lächelt, 1972/1994.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,000 Sold:
€ 25,400 / $ 26,670 (incl. surcharge)
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