Sale: 396 / Post War/ Contemporary Art, Oct. 20. 2012 in Munich Lot 985

 
Gottfried Helnwein - Ohne Titel (Tod des Marat)


985
Gottfried Helnwein
Ohne Titel (Tod des Marat), 1986.
Mixed media
Estimate:
€ 5,000 / $ 5,400
Sold:
€ 5,000 / $ 5,400

(incl. surcharge)
Ohne Titel (Tod des Marat). 1986.
Mixed media. Wax- and pastel chalk.
Signed and dated lower right. On glassine, firmly laid on cardboard. 88 x 62,4 cm (34,6 x 24,5 in), the full sheet.
This work is part of a series of works in which Gottfried Helnwein reference masterpieces of art history, among other, Caravaggio or Andrea Mantegna. This work is an interpretation of the presumably most famous painting by Jacques-Louis David, the "Tod des Marat" from 1793. [KP].

PROVENANCE: Private collection Hesse.




985
Gottfried Helnwein
Ohne Titel (Tod des Marat), 1986.
Mixed media
Estimate:
€ 5,000 / $ 5,400
Sold:
€ 5,000 / $ 5,400

(incl. surcharge)