Pen and India ink , chalk and pencil. Signed and dated upper left, once more signed and dated, as well as titled "Kopf" and inscribed "Dahlem" on the reverse. On laid paper by Ingres d'Arches MBM (with watermark). 47.5 x 32.7 cm. , size of sheet. [EH]. - Georg Baselitz is one of the most important representatives of contemporary German art. - His drawings form an independent group within his oeuvre, while their motifs correspond to those of his paintings. - Baselitz's most significant artistic period, the 1960s, saw the creation of his " Helden" (Heroes) and "Neue Typen" (New Types). - The Albertina in Vienna dedicated a comprehensive retrospective exhibition to Georg Baselitz in 2023. LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 272nd auction, Modern Art, June 10/11, 1988, lot 61, plate 218.
Baselitz, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, April 17 - July 8, 2018, p. 31
His outstanding artistic production, which has repeatedly found new artistic paths to challenge and continue art historical tradition since the 1960s, has made Georg Baselitz one of the most prominent representatives of contemporary German art. With his vigorous representational works, he violates established categories and repeatedly challenges our traditional understanding of art. In his famous "Heldenbilder" (Hero Paintings, 1965/66), Baselitz staged physically and emotionally broken figures monumentally on canvas, relentlessly confronting post-war German society with its painful past. After these anti-heroes, he made the “Fraktur” (Fracture) pictures (1966-1968) towards the end of the 1960s, which likewise contain a destructive element as they deconstruct and fragment the pictorial object. Baselitz has collected prints since 1965, predominantly from the Renaissance, Mannerism, and Baroque periods. Their wealth of motifs and inventiveness always quenched his immense thirst for novelty. Through decontextualization and distortion, he brings their pictorial themes, such as the portrait, into the present with new content and contemporary impulses. This way, Baselitz generates enigmatically associative pictorial content that is never fully accessible to the viewer. [EH]
In good condition. All in all, slightly unevenly browned, somewhat more so along the edges of the sheet. A tiny tear (5 mm) in the right margin that was professionally repaired.
Lot Details
Pen and India ink , chalk and pencil. Signed and dated upper left, once more signed and dated, as well as titled "Kopf" and inscribed "Dahlem" on the reverse. On laid paper by Ingres d'Arches MBM (with watermark). 47.5 x 32.7 cm. , size of sheet. [EH]. - Georg Baselitz is one of the most important representatives of contemporary German art. - His drawings form an independent group within his oeuvre, while their motifs correspond to those of his paintings. - Baselitz's most significant artistic period, the 1960s, saw the creation of his " Helden" (Heroes) and "Neue Typen" (New Types). - The Albertina in Vienna dedicated a comprehensive retrospective exhibition to Georg Baselitz in 2023. LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 272nd auction, Modern Art, June 10/11, 1988, lot 61, plate 218.
Baselitz, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, April 17 - July 8, 2018, p. 31
His outstanding artistic production, which has repeatedly found new artistic paths to challenge and continue art historical tradition since the 1960s, has made Georg Baselitz one of the most prominent representatives of contemporary German art. With his vigorous representational works, he violates established categories and repeatedly challenges our traditional understanding of art. In his famous "Heldenbilder" (Hero Paintings, 1965/66), Baselitz staged physically and emotionally broken figures monumentally on canvas, relentlessly confronting post-war German society with its painful past. After these anti-heroes, he made the “Fraktur” (Fracture) pictures (1966-1968) towards the end of the 1960s, which likewise contain a destructive element as they deconstruct and fragment the pictorial object. Baselitz has collected prints since 1965, predominantly from the Renaissance, Mannerism, and Baroque periods. Their wealth of motifs and inventiveness always quenched his immense thirst for novelty. Through decontextualization and distortion, he brings their pictorial themes, such as the portrait, into the present with new content and contemporary impulses. This way, Baselitz generates enigmatically associative pictorial content that is never fully accessible to the viewer. [EH]
In good condition. All in all, slightly unevenly browned, somewhat more so along the edges of the sheet. A tiny tear (5 mm) in the right margin that was professionally repaired.
