Sale: 496 / Evening Sale, Dec. 06. 2019 in Munich Lot 127

 

127
Norbert Bisky
Sturz der Giganten, 2003.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 50,000 / $ 55,000
Sold:
€ 131,250 / $ 144,375

(incl. surcharge)
Sturz der Giganten. 2003.
Oil on canvas.
Verso with the artist's signet as well as dated and titled. 110 x 300 cm (43.3 x 118.1 in).
In artist's frame.
• Excellent document of how Bisky overcomes art-historic traditions.
• Fascinating contrast between monumental format and neatly orchestarted physicalness.
• One of the internationally sought-after large-size works from the 2000s
• Bisky's very own interpretation of the classic theme of the "Fall of Giants" in the pictorial language of Socialist Realism
.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Schulz, Berlin.
Private collection Germany (acquired from aforementioned).

"I forge in falsely painted pictures the false pictures of my youth that promised false luck and a false belief in a false country on the wrong side"
Norbert Bisky, quote after: Kunstwerkstatt Norbert Bisky, Munich et al 2007, rear of cover.




127
Norbert Bisky
Sturz der Giganten, 2003.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 50,000 / $ 55,000
Sold:
€ 131,250 / $ 144,375

(incl. surcharge)