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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 7, 2024 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Contemporary Day Sale | 354 | $****** - ****** | Untitled |
paintings
150 x 130 cm (59.06 x 51.18 in)
Acrylic and black chalks on canvas
Signed and dated upper right
Rudoph Grass, Politischer Club Colonia. Private collection Baden-Württemberg (acquired from the above in 2008). "They always say that gray pictures are not colorful pictures. On the contrary! Gray can develop a strong intensity of color". Günther Förg, quoted from: Kunst Heute no.18, Cologne 1997, p. 57. Called up: December 7, 2024 - ca. 16.57 h +/- 20 min.
Günther Förg
Untitled
1998.
Acrylic and black chalks on canvas.
Signed and dated upper right. 150 x 130 cm (59 x 51.1 in).
A counterpart to this work is in the Günther Förg estate. [JS].
• Captivating levity and dynamism - Förg painted the graphic grid structure in front of the monochrome base in the style of an "ecriture automatique".
• In "
Untitled
" (1998), Förg continues in the tradition of his famous gray paintings.
• Works from this phase, defined by the delicacy of the calligraphic style, are extremely rare on the international auction market.
• A fascinating example of Förg"s masterful play with the adaptation of art-historical traditions from Paul Klee to Edward Munch and Cy Twombly.
• Works from this phase, characterized by the delicacy of the calligraphic style, are extremely rare on the international auction market.
• Förg"s paintings can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, among others
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