• Post-War and Contemporary Art  auction at Christies

    Sale 11798

    Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction

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    30 June 2016

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    • Günther Förg (1952-2013)
    Lot 172

    Günther Förg (1952-2013)

    Untitled

    Price realised

    GBP 80,500

    Estimate

    GBP 45,000 - GBP 65,000

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    Günther Förg (1952-2013)
    Untitled
    signed and dated ‘Förg 2001’ (on the reverse)
    acrylic on lead on wood
    43 ¼x 35 5/8in. (110 x 90.5cm.)
    Executed in 2001

    Provenance

    Private Collection.
    Anon. sale, Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers Copenhagen, 3 October 2011, lot 693.
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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    Lot Essay

    ‘Yes, it (lead) already has a presence. Sometimes I would leave the lead in the rain and you would get these amazing oxidized grounds, quite beautiful’
    (G. Förg, quoted in D. Ryan, Talking Painting, Karlsruhe 1997, http:/www.david-ryan.co.uk/Gunther0w.html [accessed 1 June 2016]).

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    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.


    Post Lot Text

    We are most grateful to Mr. Michael Neff from the Estate of Günther Förg for the information he has kindly provided.


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