Lot 146 
146
Frank Gerritz
Place of Pleasure, 2002.
Paintstick on anodized aluminum
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 21,240 Sold:
€ 21,590 / $ 25,476 (incl. surcharge)
Place of Pleasure. 2002.
Paintstick on anodized aluminum.
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse. 60 x 180 cm (23.6 x 70.8 in).
[AR].
• The renowned art critic Donald Kuspit once described Frank Gerritz as the last “abstract hardliner”.
• Strictly conceptual wall sculpture reduced to geometric forms.
• Skilful interplay of dark and light: the surface appears completely black, but the strokes of the paintstick remain visible while the aluminum elements reflect the light in a muted way.
• Exhibited in the artist's comprehensive museum exhibition at the Weserburg, Museum of Modern Art, Bremen in 2008.
PROVENANCE: Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.
EXHIBITION: Frank Gerritz - further down the line, Weserburg, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen, January 29 - May 4, 2008, cat. no. 3 (illu. in color on p. 21, there under no. 4).
Paintstick on anodized aluminum.
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse. 60 x 180 cm (23.6 x 70.8 in).
[AR].
• The renowned art critic Donald Kuspit once described Frank Gerritz as the last “abstract hardliner”.
• Strictly conceptual wall sculpture reduced to geometric forms.
• Skilful interplay of dark and light: the surface appears completely black, but the strokes of the paintstick remain visible while the aluminum elements reflect the light in a muted way.
• Exhibited in the artist's comprehensive museum exhibition at the Weserburg, Museum of Modern Art, Bremen in 2008.
PROVENANCE: Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.
EXHIBITION: Frank Gerritz - further down the line, Weserburg, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen, January 29 - May 4, 2008, cat. no. 3 (illu. in color on p. 21, there under no. 4).
146
Frank Gerritz
Place of Pleasure, 2002.
Paintstick on anodized aluminum
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 21,240 Sold:
€ 21,590 / $ 25,476 (incl. surcharge)
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