A.R. PENCK (B. 1939)

Sie und Er

Details

A.R. PENCK (B. 1939)
Sie und Er
each stamped with the foundry mark, numbered and signed with an initial 'A+A 3/5 P'
bronze with green patina
Sie: 23½ x 6 x 1¾in. (59.7 x 15 x 4.5cm.); Er: 26¼ x 8.3/8 x 2.7/8in. (66.6 x 7.3 x 21.3cm.)
Cast in 1985 at the A+A Foundry, London (2)

Provenance

Galerie Maeght Lelong, Zurich.

Literature

'A.R. Penck-Sculptures in Bronze', London, 1986, no.19, p.22 (another from the edition illustrated in colour).

Exhibited

Zurich, Galerie Maeght Lelong, 'A.R. Penck - Sculptures', June-July 1986, no.15 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

"The first thing I noticed when I arrived in the West was that I had exchanged one state of disruption for another: I had moved from schizophrenia eastern-style to schizophrenia western-style. But it didn't produce any deep changes in me" ('A.R. Penck', Basel, 1989).

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