Lot Essay
"No painter goes hunting for motifs, that would be paradoxical, because the motif is in the mind of the painter, the mechanism that thinks..." -Georg Baselitz
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Das Motiv: Lachendes Mädchen
Details
GEORG BASELITZ (B. 1938)
Das Motiv: Lachendes Mädchen
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'G.B. 16.VII.88' (lower left); signed, titled and dated again twice 'G. Baselitz Das Motiv: Lachendes Mädchen 15.VII.88 16.VII.88' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
63 ¾ x 51 in. (162 x 130 cm.)
Painted in 1988.
Das Motiv: Lachendes Mädchen
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'G.B. 16.VII.88' (lower left); signed, titled and dated again twice 'G. Baselitz Das Motiv: Lachendes Mädchen 15.VII.88 16.VII.88' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
63 ¾ x 51 in. (162 x 130 cm.)
Painted in 1988.
Provenance
Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
Udo and Anette Brandhorst, Munich
Private collection, Munich
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Udo and Anette Brandhorst, Munich
Private collection, Munich
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Kunsthalle Bremen, Georg Baselitz, Das Motiv, Bilder und Zeichnungen 1987-1988, September-October 1988, pp. 16 and 20, no. 36 (illustrated).
Seoul, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Zeitgenössische Deutsche Malerei, May-June 1989, p. 63.
Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zimmer in denen die Zeit nicht zählt, Die Sammlung Udo und Anette Brandhorst, 1994, p. 132, no. 6.
Seoul, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Zeitgenössische Deutsche Malerei, May-June 1989, p. 63.
Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zimmer in denen die Zeit nicht zählt, Die Sammlung Udo und Anette Brandhorst, 1994, p. 132, no. 6.
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