146
Raimund Girke
Kleine Fluktuation II, 1963.
Tempera on canvas
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 27,500 Sold:
€ 34,290 / $ 37,719 (incl. surcharge)
Kleine Fluktuation II. 1963.
Tempera on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse. 60 x 60 cm (23.6 x 23.6 in). [JS].
• One of the extremely rare, early "Fluktuationen".
• Fascinating dynamic achieved with a maximum reduction of painterly means.
• In the second half of the 1960s, Girke attained his strictly horizontal stripe paintings through the optical movement of the black and white "Fluktuationen".
• In 2022, the MKM Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg, honored Girke with a major retrospective titled "Raimund Girke. Klang der Stille" (Sound of Silence).
PROVENANCE: Galerie Ursula Lichter, Frankfurt a. Main.
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above).
Tempera on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse. 60 x 60 cm (23.6 x 23.6 in). [JS].
• One of the extremely rare, early "Fluktuationen".
• Fascinating dynamic achieved with a maximum reduction of painterly means.
• In the second half of the 1960s, Girke attained his strictly horizontal stripe paintings through the optical movement of the black and white "Fluktuationen".
• In 2022, the MKM Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg, honored Girke with a major retrospective titled "Raimund Girke. Klang der Stille" (Sound of Silence).
PROVENANCE: Galerie Ursula Lichter, Frankfurt a. Main.
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above).
146
Raimund Girke
Kleine Fluktuation II, 1963.
Tempera on canvas
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 27,500 Sold:
€ 34,290 / $ 37,719 (incl. surcharge)