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Georg Baselitz
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
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Description
- Georg Baselitz
- Das Motiv: der Blumenstrauss
- signed with the artist's initials and dated 6, 8, 12.V.88; signed, titled and dated 8.V.88 - 12.V.88 on the reverse
- oil on canvas
- 130.3 by 97.1 cm. 51 3/8 by 38 1/4 in.
Provenance
Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris
Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1989)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1989)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited
Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen, Georg Baselitz, Das Motiv, September – October 1988, pp. 6, 13, 20, no. 29, illustrated in colour
Condition
Colour:
The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is brighter and lighter in the original.
Condition:
This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals some very light and unobtrusive wear to the lower extreme corner tips and a few dust fibres which have adhered to the surface in places. There are some drying cracks isolated to the thicker white areas of impasto, all of which appear to be stable, and likely resulting from the artist's choice of media. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
“If you stop fabricating motifs but still want to carry on painting, then inverting the motif is the obvious thing to do. The hierarchy which has the sky at the top and the earth at the bottom is, in any case, only a convention. We have got used to it, but we don’t have to believe in it… What I wanted was quite simply to find a way of making pictures, perhaps with a new sense of detachment.”
GEORG BASELITZ
in conversation with Peter Moritz Pickshaus, in: Franz Dahlem, Georg Baselitz, Cologne 1990, p. 29