Gänsemagd. 1976.
Oil on canvas.
Verso of the canvas signed, dated and titled. 165.5 x 135 cm (65.1 x 53.1 in).
The work has never been completed. [CH].

We are grateful to the Ladengalerie Berlin for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Hamburg (acquired directly from the artist).
Private collection Germany (acquired from the artist's widow in 2006).
Private collection Lower Saxony (acquired from the aforementioned).

EXHIBITION: Johannes Grützke, Kunstverein Brunswick, Galerie Holeczek, Freiburg im Breisgau, September 30 - November 6, 1977, with a catalog raisonné of paintings from 1964-1977, compiled by Bernhard Holeczek, cat. no. 197 (with illu. in black-and-white).

LITERATURE: Peter Wippermann (editor), Johannes Grützke. Misch Du Dich nicht auch noch ein (Gemälde, Pastelle, Zeichnungen, Grafik und Texte 1964-1979), Frankfurt am Main 1979, with illu. in black-and-white on p. 261.