Auction 111 Part 2 111. Auction Day 2
By Auktionshaus Mehlis
Aug 25, 2023
Hammerstraße 30, 8523 Plauen, Germany
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LOT 2939:

A. R. Penck, abstrakte Bronzeplastik

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Start price:
8,000
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Auction took place on Aug 25, 2023 at Auktionshaus Mehlis
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A. R. Penck, abstrakte Bronzeplastik
A. R. Penck, abstract bronze sculpture
1994/95, signed "ar penck", numbered 6\6, bronze nuanced anthracite-grey and copper-green patinated, abstractly shaped composition of four individual parts made in strongly moving surface design and firmly connected to the bronze base designed in wood optics, whose interesting interplay of form and surface structure inevitably catches the viewer's eye and automatically masterfully inspires the imagination, partially very slightly rubbed, otherwise in good condition, dimensions approx. 16 x 31,5 x 20,5 cm. Provenance: the object was given to the owner directly by the artist in 1995. Artist info: with real name Ralf Winkler, also used the pseudonyms "Mike Hammer", "T.M.", "Mickey Spilane", "a.Y." or "Y", German painter, graphic artist and object designer. Painter, graphic artist and object artist (1939 Dresden to 2017 Zurich), 1953-54 painting and drawing lessons with Jürgen Böttchen (Strawalde), from 1956 the artist applied four times without success to the art academies in Dresden and Berlin, 1955-56 apprenticeship as draughtsman at DEWAG, after breaking off the apprenticeship worked in various professions, 1966 admitted as candidate for the VBK of the GDR and renamed "A. R. Penck", 1971 member of the "Künstlergruppe Lücke", 1976 encounter with Jörg Immendorff, from this time onwards he campaigned for the abolition of the inner-German border, 1980 expatriation from the GDR, 1981 awarded the Rembrandt Prize of the Goethe Foundation Basel, 1983 move to London, 1988 appointed professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, lives in Dublin since 2003, participated in documenta 5, 7 and 9, source: Wikipedia and Internet.