Etruria meridionale-V-1981. 1981.
Acrylic on canvas, laid on fiberboard.
Lower right signed and dated. Once more signed, dated and titled on verso of the fiberboard. 100 x 75 cm (39.3 x 29.5 in).
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• Part of a private collection for over 40 years.
• Markus Prachensky was intensively occupied with Etruria, the land of the Etruscans, over a period of several years.
• He applies the radiant colors in high-contrast brushstrokes onto the unprimed canvas.
• Comparable Etruria works are in acclaimed museums like Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt am Main or the Albertina in Vienna, which honored him with a grand solo show in 2017.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Northern Germany.

"With every picture I have to go beyond what is seen (..) it has to seem just as new and even stronger than the section of the world that provides the impetus for the image."
Markus Prachensky in an interview with Peter Iden, Das Glück ein Maler zu sein, 2002.