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A.R. Penck, Silkscreen, ‘Gegenwärtige Verhältnisse’, 1989

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:800.00 EUR Estimated At:1,280.00 - 1,600.00 EUR
A.R. Penck, Silkscreen, ‘Gegenwärtige Verhältnisse’, 1989
Silkscreen in colors on cardboard
Germany, 1989
A.R. Penck (b. 1939) - German painter and printmaker
Signed in pencil lower left ‘ar penck’
Numbered in pencil lower left ‘20/55’
With a certificate of the Works Poster Gallery, Hamburg 28.11.1992
Image size: 86 x 122 cm
Very good condition
An impressive work in bold colors, showing Penck's typical use of forms; silkscreens by Penck fetch up to 14,000 euro on the international auction market

This abstract color silkscreen on cardboard was created in 1989, executed in the quintessential style by A.R. Penck with abstract forms and figures emerge in red, blue and black on a light ground. Since the 1970s Penck uses his own, almost calligraphic formal language, which reminds on the one hand of early cave paintings and on the other hand of modern graffiti tags. By using simple, archaic characters and forms the artist aims to create works that are easily accessible to everyone.



This silkscreen in colors is signed in pencil lower left ‘ar penck’ and numbered in pencil lower left ‘20/55’. The sheet is in very good condition. It is mounted on a support (reversible) and framed by a window mat. The image and sheet size measures 86 x 122 cm. With a certificate of the Works Poster Gallery, Hamburg, 28.11.1992. Framed dimensions: 117 x 151 cm. The frame with slight traces of use.



A. R. Penck (b. 1939)

Born in Dresden in 1939 as Ralf Winkler, the painter and sculptor adopted several pseudonyms. ‘A. R. Penck’ was eventually the name that stuck and that he is now famous for. He started taking drawing lessons by Strawalde and in the early 1950s completed an apprenticeship as an advertising artist. As off 1956 he applied a total number of four times to the Academy of Arts in Dresden as well as the Academy of Fine and Applied Arts in East Berlin, every time unsuccessful. In 1966 he accepted the pseudonym ‘A. R. Penck’, as off 1973 he also signed his works with ‘Mike Hammer’, ‘T. M.’ or ‘Y.’. Whilst his work was under various restrictions in the German Democratic Republic, he received the Wilhelm-Grohmann Award from the Academy of Arts in West Berlin in 1975. In 1976 he made the acquaintance of the artist Jörg Immendorff with whom he collaborated for a few years to come. In the August of 1980 Penck moved to West Germany. Three years later he moved to London and in 1988 he moved to Düsseldorf for a job as a professor at the Academy of Arts teaching painting classes. After his retirement in 2003, he moved to Dublin where he lives and works today. (cru)




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