Sale: 534 / Contemporary Art Day Sale, Dec. 09. 2022 in Munich Lot 104

 

104
Hermann Nitsch
Schüttbild, 1999.
Blood and Oil on hessian
Estimate:
€ 35,000 / $ 37,800
Sold:
€ 68,750 / $ 74,250

(incl. surcharge)
Schüttbild. 1999.
Blood and Oil on hessian.
Signed and dated on the reverse. 100 x 80 cm (39.3 x 31.4 in).
[AR].
• This is one of the action artist's Hermann Nitsch famous "Schüttbilder" (Pour Pictures).
• The color red dominates, coalesceing with the red blood on the jute, it symbolically stands for life and death.
• Other "Schüttbilder" are in international museums like the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Tate Collection and the Albertina in Vienna
• The artist participated in the important documenta 5 (1972) under Harald Szeemann, as well as in documenta 7 (1982) in Kassel
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PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.




104
Hermann Nitsch
Schüttbild, 1999.
Blood and Oil on hessian
Estimate:
€ 35,000 / $ 37,800
Sold:
€ 68,750 / $ 74,250

(incl. surcharge)