Sale: 561 / Contemporary Day Sale, Dec. 07. 2024 in Munich Lot 330

 

330
Claus Otto Paeffgen
Der Buddha lächelt, 1972/1994.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 22,000
Sold:
€ 25,400 / $ 27,940

(incl. surcharge)
Der Buddha lächelt. 1972/1994.
Acrylic on canvas.
Monogrammed and dated lower right. Typographically titled lower left. 263 x 235 cm (103.5 x 92.5 in). [AW].

• Large-format depiction of Buddha in Paeffgen's characteristic visual language full of wit and whimsy.
• Paeffgen alters real photographs, so that the works, in their reduced form, provoke thought.
• In 1992, he participated in the documenta IX in Kassel.
• Claus Otto Paeffgen's works are in renowned museums, including the Museum Folkwang, Essen, the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, and the Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal
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PROVENANCE: Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf.
Private collection, Hamburg.
Levy Galerie, Hamburg.
Private collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 2008).




330
Claus Otto Paeffgen
Der Buddha lächelt, 1972/1994.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 22,000
Sold:
€ 25,400 / $ 27,940

(incl. surcharge)