A.R. Penck (b.1939)

Composition with a nude - Komposition mit einem Akt

Details
A.R. Penck (b.1939)
Composition with a nude - Komposition mit einem Akt
signed T.M. and inscribed with Sammlung Ludwig lower left
watercolour on paper
43 x 60 cm
Executed circa 1976
Komposition mit Akt, Aquarell
Provenance
Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, A.R. Penck, Concept-Conceptruimte, 6 October - 18 November 1979 (ill.cat.)

Lot Essay

A.R. Penck is a pseudonym for the artist Ralf Winkler, who used several other names. T.M. is an abbreviation for either Tancred Mitchell or Theodor Marx. The woman depicted in the present lot is the ex-fiancée of Penck (Winkler), who died in the mid-seventies. The inscription Sammlung Ludwig indicates that this work was intended for the Sammlung Ludwig in Cologne or Aachen. As he made a great number of these gouaches, this one was not selected for the Sammlung after all.
A.R. Penck ist das Pseudonym Ralf Winklers, der auch mit dem Kürzel TM signiert. Dargestellt ist die ehemalige Verlobte des Künstlers, die in den 70er Jahren starb. Das Blatt war urspünglich für die Sammlung Ludwig bestimmt.

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