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October 13, 03:19 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Georg Baselitz

b. 1938


Vier Hände

signed with the artist's initials and dated 20.X.84 (lower left); signed, titled and dated 14.X.84 and 20.X.84 (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

162.2 by 129.7 cm. 63⅞ by 51⅛ in.

framed: 166.7 by 134.3 cm. 65⅝ by 52⅞ in.

Executed in 1984.

Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne

Franz Meyer, Zurich (acquired from the above in 1984)

Pia Meyer Federspiel, Zurich

Private Collection (thence by descent) 

Christie's, London, 5 October 2018, lot 253 (consigned by the above) 

Acquired from the above by the present owner 

Cologne, Galerie Michael Werner, Georg Baselitz: Zehn Bilder, 1984, no. 5, n.p., illustrated in colour 

Ingelheim am Rhein, Jubiläumshaus, 28. Internationale Tage in Ingelheim am Rhein, 100 Jahre Kunst aus Deutschland 1885-1985, April - June 1985 

Andreas Franzke, Georg Baselitz, Munich 1989, no. 182, p. 217, illustrated in colour 

Detlev Gretenkort, Ed., Georg Baselitz – Paintings 1962-2001, Milan 2002, p. 120, illustrated in colour

Richard Calvocoressi, Georg Baselitz, Thames & Hudson, London 2021, p. 241, illustrated in colour