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WORKS FROM THE CREX ART COLLECTION
MARKUS LÜPERTZ (B. 1941)
Drei Bilder zur Erschaffung der Erde ((i) Dithyrambisch, (ii) Dithyrambisch: die Nacht, (iii) der Tag) (Three Paintings for the Creation of the Earth ((i) Dithyrambic, (ii) Dithyrambic: The Night, (iii) The Day)
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MARKUS LÜPERTZ (B. 1941)
Drei Bilder zur Erschaffung der Erde ((i) Dithyrambisch, (ii) Dithyrambisch: die Nacht, (iii) der Tag) (Three Paintings for the Creation of the Earth ((i) Dithyrambic, (ii) Dithyrambic: The Night, (iii) The Day)
(i) signed with the artist's initial 'M' (upper left); signed, titled and numbered '3 BILDER ZUR ERSCHAFFUNG DER ERDE (DiTHYRAMBiSCH) I. MARKUS LÜPERTZ' (on the reverse)
(ii) signed 'MARKUS' (lower right); titled and numbered 'DREi BiLDER ZUR ERSCHAFFUNG DER ERDE (DiTHYRAMBiSCH) "DiE NACHT" II.' (on the reverse)
(iii) signed 'MARKUS' (upper left); titled '"STIL": DREI BILDER ZUR ERSCHAFFUNG DER ERDE "DER TAG"' (on the reverse)
oil and distemper on canvas, in three parts
each: 72 x 98 3/8in. (183 x 250cm.)
Executed in 1977
Drei Bilder zur Erschaffung der Erde ((i) Dithyrambisch, (ii) Dithyrambisch: die Nacht, (iii) der Tag) (Three Paintings for the Creation of the Earth ((i) Dithyrambic, (ii) Dithyrambic: The Night, (iii) The Day)
(i) signed with the artist's initial 'M' (upper left); signed, titled and numbered '3 BILDER ZUR ERSCHAFFUNG DER ERDE (DiTHYRAMBiSCH) I. MARKUS LÜPERTZ' (on the reverse)
(ii) signed 'MARKUS' (lower right); titled and numbered 'DREi BiLDER ZUR ERSCHAFFUNG DER ERDE (DiTHYRAMBiSCH) "DiE NACHT" II.' (on the reverse)
(iii) signed 'MARKUS' (upper left); titled '"STIL": DREI BILDER ZUR ERSCHAFFUNG DER ERDE "DER TAG"' (on the reverse)
oil and distemper on canvas, in three parts
each: 72 x 98 3/8in. (183 x 250cm.)
Executed in 1977
Provenance
Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne.
Acquired from the above by the Crex Collection in 1977.
Thence to the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the Crex Collection in 1977.
Thence to the present owner.
Literature
Avanguardia Transavanguardia, exh. cat., Rome, Mura Aureliane, 1982, no. 114 (iii) (illustrated in colour, p. 78; incorrectly dated '1980').
Markus Lüpertz: Rezeptionen-Paraphrasen, exh. cat., Karlsruhe, Städtische Galerie im Prinz-Max-Palais, 1991 (illustrated, p. 67).
S. Gohr, Markus Lüpertz, Barcelona 2001, pp. 106, 109, 111-113 and 291, nos. 87 (iii) and 88 (ii) (illustrated in colour, pp. 107 (iii) and 108 (ii)).
Markus Lüpertz: Rezeptionen-Paraphrasen, exh. cat., Karlsruhe, Städtische Galerie im Prinz-Max-Palais, 1991 (illustrated, p. 67).
S. Gohr, Markus Lüpertz, Barcelona 2001, pp. 106, 109, 111-113 and 291, nos. 87 (iii) and 88 (ii) (illustrated in colour, pp. 107 (iii) and 108 (ii)).
Exhibited
Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, Markus Lüpertz, Dithyrambische und Stil-Malerei, 1977, pp. 13 and 47, nos. 38 (i), 39 (ii) and 40 (iii) (illustrated in colour, pp. 39 (i), 41 (ii) and 43 (iii)).
Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Markus Lüpertz, 1977 ((iii) illustrated, unpaged).
Zurich, InK, Halle für internationale neue Kunst, Werke aus der Sammlung Crex, 1978, p. 79 ((i) and (ii) illustrated, p. 82 and (iii) illustrated in colour, p. 83). This exhibition later travelled to Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum; Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus; and Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Markus Lüpertz, 'Stil' Paintings 1977-79, 1979, pp. 10, 11 and 23, nos. 4 (i), 5 (ii) and 6 (iii) (illustrated, pp. 10 (i) and 11 (ii)).
Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Markus Lüpertz, Gemälde und Handzeichnungen, 1964 bis 1979, 1979-1980, p. 107, no. 74 (illustrated, pp. 77 (i), 78 (ii) and 79 (iii)).
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, Markus Lüpertz, Schilderijen/Bilder 1973-1986, 1987, pp. 56 and 112, no. 13 (illustrated in colour, pp. 57-59).
Madrid, Centro de arte Reina Sofia, Markus Lüpertz, Retrospectiva 1963-1990, Pintura, escultura, dibujo, 1991, p. 266, no. 37 (illustrated, p. 82; (iii) illustrated in colour, p. 83).
Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Markus Lüpertz, 1977 ((iii) illustrated, unpaged).
Zurich, InK, Halle für internationale neue Kunst, Werke aus der Sammlung Crex, 1978, p. 79 ((i) and (ii) illustrated, p. 82 and (iii) illustrated in colour, p. 83). This exhibition later travelled to Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum; Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus; and Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Markus Lüpertz, 'Stil' Paintings 1977-79, 1979, pp. 10, 11 and 23, nos. 4 (i), 5 (ii) and 6 (iii) (illustrated, pp. 10 (i) and 11 (ii)).
Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Markus Lüpertz, Gemälde und Handzeichnungen, 1964 bis 1979, 1979-1980, p. 107, no. 74 (illustrated, pp. 77 (i), 78 (ii) and 79 (iii)).
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, Markus Lüpertz, Schilderijen/Bilder 1973-1986, 1987, pp. 56 and 112, no. 13 (illustrated in colour, pp. 57-59).
Madrid, Centro de arte Reina Sofia, Markus Lüpertz, Retrospectiva 1963-1990, Pintura, escultura, dibujo, 1991, p. 266, no. 37 (illustrated, p. 82; (iii) illustrated in colour, p. 83).
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