Sale: 387 / Post War/ Contemporary Art, Dec. 10. 2011 in Munich Lot 303

 
Markus Lüpertz - Die Bürger von Florenz "Tourist" (2-teilig)


303
Markus Lüpertz
Die Bürger von Florenz "Tourist" (2-teilig), 1983.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,800
Sold:
€ 13,750 / $ 14,850

(incl. surcharge)
Bronze, painted.
Monogrammed on underside. One of 5 copies. 41 x 24 x 29 cm (16,1 x 9,4 x 11,4 in).
The work "Die Bürger von Florenz" consists of 6 bronze heads of different people. Next to the bronze "Tourist", the others are "Der Medici", "Il principe", "S.", "B.C." and "Der Mohr". The complete series was a loan to the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, from 1985 to 1996.

PROVENANCE: Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago (with gallery label).
Mary Boone Gallery, New York.
Private collection.

EXHIBITION: Markus Lüpertz. Skulpturen 1981-1983, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, 12 November 1983 - 11 January, 1984 (presumably different copy).
Markus Lüpertz. Sculptures in Bronze, Waddington Galleries, London, 03 April - 28 April, 1984, cat. no. 1-6, pp. 8-13 (with illu. in colors, presumably different copy).
Carnegie International Exhibition, Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh, 09 November 1985 - 05 January, 1986, pp. 178-180 (with illu., presumably different copy).
Markus Lüpertz: Skulpturen 1981-1986, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Orangerie, Schloß Charlottenburg, Berlin, 05 June - 04 July, 1986 (presumably different copy).
Standing Sculpture, Castello Rivoli, Turin, 17 December 1987 - April 1988, ex. cat. pp. 147 and 233 (with illu., presumably different copy).
Markus Lüpertz: Rezeptionen - Paraphrasen, Städtische Galerie im Prinz-Max-Palais Karlsruhe, 05 October - 08 December 1991 (presumably different copy).

LITERATURE: Michael Werner (editor), Markus Lüpertz. Die Bürger von Florenz, Cologne 1983.
Ex. cat. Kunstverein Brunswick (editor), Markus Lüpertz, Arbeiten auf Papier, Bilder und Skulpturen, Brunswick 1987, pp. 134 ff.

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303
Markus Lüpertz
Die Bürger von Florenz "Tourist" (2-teilig), 1983.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,800
Sold:
€ 13,750 / $ 14,850

(incl. surcharge)