Sale: 561 / Contemporary Day Sale, Dec. 07. 2024 in Munich Lot 123001295


123001295
Hermann Nitsch
Schüttbild mit Malhemd, 1989.
Mixed media on canvas Oil and dispersion paint ...
Estimate:
€ 50,000 - 70,000

 
$ 55,000 - 77,000

Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Schüttbild mit Malhemd. 1989.
Mixed media on canvas Oil and dispersion paint on jute.
Signed and dated. 200 x 300 cm (78.7 x 118.1 in).
[AR].
• Large-format, unmistakably powerful Pour Painting with the painter's shirt.
• Religious references are characteristic of Nitsch's work, as is the case here with the use of the liturgical colors blue and green.
• The painting shirt refers to the physical process of artistic production and evokes associations with depictions of the crucifixion.
• Nitsch is regarded the main representative of Viennese Actionism and his oeuvre as a groundbreaking contribution to the art of the 20th century
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PROVENANCE: Galerie Steinek, Vienna.
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford (acquired from the above in 2006).

EXHIBITION: Fetische des Blicks. Mode und Verführung, Foundation Ahlers Pro Arte, Herford, September 11, 2021 - January 16, 2022, pp. 18/19.




123001295
Hermann Nitsch
Schüttbild mit Malhemd, 1989.
Mixed media on canvas Oil and dispersion paint ...
Estimate:
€ 50,000 - 70,000

 
$ 55,000 - 77,000

Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.