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Skull with Rats
Details
Markus Lüpertz (b. 1941)
Skull with Rats
signed with the artist's monogram (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
31 7/8 x 39 3/8in. (81 x 100cm.)
Painted circa 1985
Skull with Rats
signed with the artist's monogram (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
31 7/8 x 39 3/8in. (81 x 100cm.)
Painted circa 1985
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 23 October 1997, lot 99.
Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin.
Anon. sale, Villa Grisebach Auktionen Berlin, 8 April 2002, lot 440.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin.
Anon. sale, Villa Grisebach Auktionen Berlin, 8 April 2002, lot 440.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium