Schwarz, Rot, Gold II. 1998.
Synthetic resin behind glass, in original clip-on frame.
Butin 108. Catalog raisonné of paintings 855-64. Signed and inscribed "424" on the reverse of the frame, typographically dated, titled and once more inscribed "424" on a label. With the catalog raisonné number "855-64" on another label. One of 64 copies. 21 x 29.7 cm (8.2 x 11.6 in).
Published by Galerie Fred Jahn, München. 64 different color combinations were compiled from a selection of four shades of black, four red and four gold and executed as reverse glass pictures. The shades contained in each work are specified by a three-digit number on the reverse. [AR].
• Each of the 64 works has individual colors
• The edition was made in connection with the commission work "Schwarz, Rot, Gold" for the western entrance of the German Reichstag.
• The edition evokes associations with the German flag, while the vertical arrangement of the stripes and the play with the color variations jeopardizes it at the same time.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.