Lot 177
  • 177

Markus Lüpertz

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Markus Lüpertz
  • Selbstportrait mit Bildung
  • signed with the artist's initials; signed, titled and dated 1983 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 98 1/2 by 64 1/4 in. 250.2 by 163.2 cm.

Provenance

Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva

Exhibited

Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Markus Lüpertz, January - March 1986, cat. no. 36
Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrehein-Westfalen, Markus Lüpertz, March - June 1996, cat. no. 32, p. 87, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The canvas is unlined. There is light wear to the turning edges. The surface texture varies due to the nature of the artist's choice of medium and working method. Framed.
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