Lot 247
  • 247

GEORG BASELITZ | Adler (Pastorale)

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Georg Baselitz
  • Adler (Pastorale)
  • signed and dated 30.XII.85
  • pastel on paper
  • 29 1/2 by 21 in. 74.9 by 53.3 cm.

Provenance

Michael Werner Gallery and Mary Boone Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Dusseldorf
Dr. Andreas Sturies Moderne Kunst & Auktionen, Dusseldorf, 15 May 2004, Lot 9
Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Georg Baselitz - Pastorale, July - August 1987, pp. 146-47, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. All four edges are deckled. The sheet undulates slightly and there are artist's pinhole to all four corners. Under very close inspection, there is a faint fold to the lower left corner. Further very close inspection and raking light reveals some faint creasing and handling marks in isolated places throughout. The sheet is hinged verso to the backing board in numerous placed. Framed under Plexiglas.
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