Ameise (Ant)

Details

Albert Oehlen (b. 1954)
Ameise (Ant)
signed and dated 'A. Oehlen 82' (on the reverse)
oil and latex on canvas
27 ½ x 35in. (69.7 x 89cm.)
Executed in 1982

Provenance

Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart.
Politischer Club Colonia (PCC), Cologne.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1994.

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.

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Lot Essay

‘That’s the interesting thing about art: that somehow, you use your material to make something that results in something beautiful, via a path no-one has yet trodden. First you take a step towards ugliness and then, somehow or other, you wind up where it’s beautiful.’ – Albert Oehlen

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