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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 30, 2023 | Dorotheum | Vienna | Contemporary Art II | 585 | $****** - ****** | Kamp-Felsen / Kamp river rock |
paintings
80 x 140 cm (31.5 x 55.12 in)
oil on canvas
signed and dated Grabmayr 1976 on the reverse
Private Collection, Vienna
(Pfaffenberg near Obervellach 1927-2015 Vienna)
Kamp-Felsen / Kamp river rock, signed and dated Grabmayr 1976 on the reverse, oil on canvas, 80 x 140 cm, framed
Compare:
Klaus Albrecht Schröder, Franz Grabmayr, Edition Minerva 2002, p. 16 and 51-55
Provenance:
Private Collection, Vienna
… The primitive, unspoilt nature of the farm where he would spend twenty-one years with his family facilitated the structure of Grabmayr‘s future work into series, variations on a few subjects. The rock in the Kamp river is next to the sand pit: the moving element of water contrasts with the still, heavy stone. Conversely, the stone often becomes a dramatically moving island in the midst of a still sea of blue. The Kamp Rock of 1976 no longer recalls a real object from the physical world; were it not for the title, the colour would be enjoyed unclouded by object references. Nothing binds Grabmayr‘s brushstrokes, nothing tames his palette knife; the thick, burr-like and swollen masses of colour unfurl an intensity that is hard to resist. ...
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