Flüchtig geschrieben. 1990.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled on the folded canvas. With a direction arrow on the stretcher. 160 x 180 cm (62.9 x 70.8 in).
[SM].

• Prime example from the creative period of the 1980s and 1990s.
• The subtle nuances of gray with blue in combiantion with the strong brushstrokes make for a gestural composition.
• What makes Girke's art so radical is the complete absence of any kind of motif, as well as the consistent development of his painting as a visual experience.
• In 2022, the MKM Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg, honored Girke's œuvre with a grand retrospective titled "Raimund Girke. Klang der Stille" (Sound of Silence).

PROVENANCE: Axel Hinrich Murken Collection, Gütersloh.
Private collection Southern Germany.

EXHIBITION: Romantik in der Kunst der Gegenwart. Sammlung Murken, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, June 4 - August 22, 1993, Kunstmuseum Thun, Landesmuseum Mainz, et al, cat. no. 35.

LITERATURE: Lempertz, Cologne, auction on June 1, 2007, lot 134.