Sale: 561 / Contemporary Day Sale, Dec. 07. 2024 in Munich Lot 398

 

398
Jiri Georg Dokoupil
MAD 2, 2017.
Mixed media. Soap suds and pigments on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 33,000
Sold:
€ 34,290 / $ 37,719

(incl. surcharge)
MAD 2. 2017.
Mixed media. Soap suds and pigments on canvas.
Signed on the folded canvas, as well as twice titled and inscribed with the dimensions. 160 x 230 cm (62.9 x 90.5 in). [AW].

• Monumental work from the series of soap bubble paintings, works that the “master of experimentation” sometimes worked on over several years.
• The amorphous shapes shimmer in wonderful and bright colors.
• In the 1980s, Dokoupil co-founded the “Junge Wilde” (Young Wild Ones), who revolutionized painting.
• His works are part of renowned international collections, such as the Center Pompidou, Paris, the Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, and the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, USA (acquired from the artist in 2017).




398
Jiri Georg Dokoupil
MAD 2, 2017.
Mixed media. Soap suds and pigments on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 33,000
Sold:
€ 34,290 / $ 37,719

(incl. surcharge)