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Peter Brüning
Ohne Titel, Um 1963.
Oil and color chalk on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 47,200 Sold:
€ 32,211 / $ 38,008 (incl. surcharge)
151
Peter Brüning
Ohne Titel, Um 1963.
Oil and color chalk on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 47,200 Sold:
€ 32,211 / $ 38,008 (incl. surcharge)
Peter Brüning
1929 - 1970
Ohne Titel. Um 1963.
Oil and color chalk on canvas.
Inscribed “B 1961” and with a direction arrow on the reverse of the stretcher. With the estate stamp on the stretcher and twice on the canvas. 80 x 98 cm (31.4 x 38.5 in). [KA].
• Brüning at his best: calligraphic “gestural signs,” dramatic red-ochre-black contrasts, and a direct urgency of expression.
• Another work from the same year fetched the highest price ever for a Brüning painting (source: artprice.com).
• 1959, 1964, and 1968: Participation in documenta II, III, and IV in Kassel.
• Part of an acclaimed private collection in Berlin for nearly 40 years.
We are grateful to Dr. Marie-Luise Otten for her kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin (acquired in 1986, Christie's).
EXHIBITION: Peter Brüning, Galerie Elke und Werner Zimmer, Düsseldorf, September 6-October 7, 1978, no. cat. number. (illustrated in black and white, no. p.).
LITERATURE: Marie-Luise Otten, Peter Brüning - Studien zu Entwicklung und Werk. Catalogue raisonné, Cologne 1988, CR no. 546 (illustrated in black and white on p. 395).
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Christie's, London, Contemporary Art, June 26, 1986, lot 59 (illustrated in color on p. 43).
1929 - 1970
Ohne Titel. Um 1963.
Oil and color chalk on canvas.
Inscribed “B 1961” and with a direction arrow on the reverse of the stretcher. With the estate stamp on the stretcher and twice on the canvas. 80 x 98 cm (31.4 x 38.5 in). [KA].
• Brüning at his best: calligraphic “gestural signs,” dramatic red-ochre-black contrasts, and a direct urgency of expression.
• Another work from the same year fetched the highest price ever for a Brüning painting (source: artprice.com).
• 1959, 1964, and 1968: Participation in documenta II, III, and IV in Kassel.
• Part of an acclaimed private collection in Berlin for nearly 40 years.
We are grateful to Dr. Marie-Luise Otten for her kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin (acquired in 1986, Christie's).
EXHIBITION: Peter Brüning, Galerie Elke und Werner Zimmer, Düsseldorf, September 6-October 7, 1978, no. cat. number. (illustrated in black and white, no. p.).
LITERATURE: Marie-Luise Otten, Peter Brüning - Studien zu Entwicklung und Werk. Catalogue raisonné, Cologne 1988, CR no. 546 (illustrated in black and white on p. 395).
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Christie's, London, Contemporary Art, June 26, 1986, lot 59 (illustrated in color on p. 43).
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