Sale: 519 / Post War / Cont. Art II, June 19. 2021 in Munich Lot 574

 

574
Friedrich Kunath
Sentimental Air, 2016.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 26,750
Sold:
€ 32,500 / $ 34,775

(incl. surcharge)
Sentimental Air. 2016.
Acrylic on canvas.
Twice signed and dated on the reverse. Stretcher inscribed "FK" by a hand other than that of the artist. 153 x 122 cm (60.2 x 48 in).

• Friedrich Kunath combines the basic aesthetic principles of romanticism with a comic-like caricature imagery.
• With humor, paradoxes and ironic undertones (mostly in writing) the artist destroys any kind of romantic sensation.
• Kunath's work has been honored in solo exhibitions at major museums and institutions, including the Philara Collection, Düsseldorf, the Sprengel Museum, Hanover, the Schinkel Pavilion, Berlin, and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
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PROVENANCE: Galerie BQ, Berlin (with a label on the reverse).




574
Friedrich Kunath
Sentimental Air, 2016.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 26,750
Sold:
€ 32,500 / $ 34,775

(incl. surcharge)