408
Slawomir Elsner
My Country Nr. 3, 2004.
Colored pencil drawing and pencil on paper
Estimate:
€ 6,000 / $ 6,600 Sold:
€ 9,525 / $ 10,477 (incl. surcharge)
My Country Nr. 3. 2004.
Colored pencil drawing and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and titled 'Aus der Serie “My Country” Nr. 3' as well as inscribed with the size '100 x 160 cm' on the reverse. 91.5 x 151.5 cm (36 x 59.6 in). Sheet: 100 x 160 cm (39,3 x 62,9 in).
[AR].
• From the significant group of large-format color pencil drawings, their masterful execution made the German-Polish artist widely known.
• With the eerily beautiful presentation of fires in the series “My Country,” Slawomir Elsner tests our aesthetic and moral sensibilities.
• Dense and complex in terms of both narrative and technical execution.
• Further works on paper by the artist can be found in various graphic collections, including the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung of the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, and the Kupferstichkabinett of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin.
With a certificate signed by the artist, dated October 17, 2024.
PROVENANCE: From a German collection.
EXHIBITION: Installation, Skulptur und Malerei aus Polen. Michal Budney, Slawomir Elsner, Jakub Julian Ziotkowski, Bielefelder Kunstverein, March 24 - May 14, 2006 Kunstverein Nürnberg - Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft, July 20 - September 17, 2006 (illustrated in color on p. 41).
Colored pencil drawing and pencil on paper.
Signed, dated and titled 'Aus der Serie “My Country” Nr. 3' as well as inscribed with the size '100 x 160 cm' on the reverse. 91.5 x 151.5 cm (36 x 59.6 in). Sheet: 100 x 160 cm (39,3 x 62,9 in).
[AR].
• From the significant group of large-format color pencil drawings, their masterful execution made the German-Polish artist widely known.
• With the eerily beautiful presentation of fires in the series “My Country,” Slawomir Elsner tests our aesthetic and moral sensibilities.
• Dense and complex in terms of both narrative and technical execution.
• Further works on paper by the artist can be found in various graphic collections, including the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung of the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, and the Kupferstichkabinett of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin.
With a certificate signed by the artist, dated October 17, 2024.
PROVENANCE: From a German collection.
EXHIBITION: Installation, Skulptur und Malerei aus Polen. Michal Budney, Slawomir Elsner, Jakub Julian Ziotkowski, Bielefelder Kunstverein, March 24 - May 14, 2006 Kunstverein Nürnberg - Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft, July 20 - September 17, 2006 (illustrated in color on p. 41).
408
Slawomir Elsner
My Country Nr. 3, 2004.
Colored pencil drawing and pencil on paper
Estimate:
€ 6,000 / $ 6,600 Sold:
€ 9,525 / $ 10,477 (incl. surcharge)