Nacht / Russisch Brot (Night/ Russian Bread)

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Jakob Mattner (B. 1946)
Nacht / Russisch Brot (Night/ Russian Bread)
signed 'J. Mattner' and stamped 'JAKOB MATTNER' (lower left), stamped with the title 'NACHT/RUSSISCH BROT' (lower centre), stamped with the date '1984' (lower right)
gouache on paper
41 ¼ x 52 ½in. (104.5 x 133.5cm.)
Executed in 1984

Provenance

Galerie Eric Franck, Geneva.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1990.

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Lot Essay

Jakob Mattner's interdisciplinary practice ranges from sculptures and large-scale installations to a significant series of drawings addressing the Cold War, which he produced in the 1970s and 1980s. Each drawing incorporates a Russian term written in Cyrillic and in Nacht, Russisch Brot from 1984 we see the Russian word for “Night” shining through an elegant, obscuring layer of white gouache.

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