Herkules. 2009.
Bronze, in color.
With the monogram, number and foundry stamp "Schmäke Düsseldorf" on the reverse of the plinth. From an edition of 6 copies. 77 cm (30.3 in).
[KA].

• Offered on the international auction market for the first time (source: artprice.com).
• An example of Lüpertz's sculptural pursuit of an artistic redefinition of established pictorial content.
• Fascinating symbiosis of sculpture and painting.
• This work was created one year before the artist's monumental Hercules sculpture was erected on the THS tower of the Nordstern colliery in Gelsenkirchen in the context of the “Ruhr.2010 - European Capital of Culture” project.

The authenticity of the present work has been confirmed by Prof. Markus Lüpertz, to whom we are grateful for his kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Hesse.

LITERATURE: Markus Lüpertz. Über die Kunst zum Bild, Cologne 2019, p. 345 (model) (with ill.).