Lot 566 
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566
Jonas Burgert
Adlerkopf, 2005.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 45,200 Sold:
€ 52,500 / $ 59,324 (incl. surcharge)
Adlerkopf. 2005.
Oil on canvas.
110 x 80 x 5 cm (43.3 x 31.4 x 1.9 in).
• Burgert is considered one of the most important contemporary artists in Germany and an internationally sought-after representative of New German Figuration
• The early painting "Adlerkopf" is a great example of Burgert's virtuoso use of historical references
• "Adlerkopf" is a document of Burgert's work process in which every detail is detail is meticulously conceived and which fundmentally excludes any sort of artistic spontaneity.
• Burgert's paintings are complex pictorial riddles that often address existential questions making them painted philosophy.
• "Adlerkopf" was made the year of Burgert's breakthroug in context of the exhibition "Geschichtenerzähler" (2005) at the Hamburger Kunsthalle.
• Today Burgert's paintings are in possession of, among others, the London Saatchi Gallery, the Kunsthalle Hamburg or the Collection Sander in Berlin.
We are grateful to the Studio Jonas Burgert, Berlin, for the kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Hanover.
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from aforementioned in 2011).
EXHIBITION: Gift - Jonas Burgert, ex. cat. Düsseldorf 2008, p. 7 (with illu.).
Jonas Burgert, quote from: deutschlandfunkkultur.de, April 18, 2018
Oil on canvas.
110 x 80 x 5 cm (43.3 x 31.4 x 1.9 in).
• Burgert is considered one of the most important contemporary artists in Germany and an internationally sought-after representative of New German Figuration
• The early painting "Adlerkopf" is a great example of Burgert's virtuoso use of historical references
• "Adlerkopf" is a document of Burgert's work process in which every detail is detail is meticulously conceived and which fundmentally excludes any sort of artistic spontaneity.
• Burgert's paintings are complex pictorial riddles that often address existential questions making them painted philosophy.
• "Adlerkopf" was made the year of Burgert's breakthroug in context of the exhibition "Geschichtenerzähler" (2005) at the Hamburger Kunsthalle.
• Today Burgert's paintings are in possession of, among others, the London Saatchi Gallery, the Kunsthalle Hamburg or the Collection Sander in Berlin.
We are grateful to the Studio Jonas Burgert, Berlin, for the kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Hanover.
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from aforementioned in 2011).
EXHIBITION: Gift - Jonas Burgert, ex. cat. Düsseldorf 2008, p. 7 (with illu.).
Jonas Burgert, quote from: deutschlandfunkkultur.de, April 18, 2018
566
Jonas Burgert
Adlerkopf, 2005.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 45,200 Sold:
€ 52,500 / $ 59,324 (incl. surcharge)
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