Oil on canvas. Signed, dated and titled on the reverse of the canvas. 200 x 135 cm. . [AW].

• By combining two classic genres, Rainer Fetting created an expressive reinterpretation that is typical of his art.
• Fetting's clear formal division of the pictorial surface and the dramatic accentuation create an enormous expressiveness.
• A protagonist of the “Neue Wilden” (New Wild Artists).
• The paintings from the early 1980s are among his most sought-after works.
• Other works from the 1980s are included in the collections of the Tate Gallery, London, the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.
The artist confirmed the authenticity of the present work. The work bears the work number "D/25". We are grateful for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich (with the gallery label on the stretcher). Private collection, Hamburg (acquired from the above in 2004)

In good condition. Colors in fresh impression. Slightly rubbed places of the outer corners. A faint loss due to the tension of the canvas in the upper left corner of the image, there also with a faint rubbing. The condition report was compiled in daylight and with the help of a UV light source to the best of our knowledge and belief.