Nine silkscreens in colors on coated cardboard
Germany, 1980
A.R. Penck (b. 1939) – German painter and printmaker
Nine sheets each signed and dated in pencil lower right ‘Ralfp 80’
Eight sheets each titled in pencil lower left ‘USA’ and inscribed with the consecutive sheet number, as well as numbered ‘2/5’
One sheet titled lower left in pencil ‘USA, viehisches Vieh, nein, ja, ja ITT’ and inscribed with the consecutive sheet number, as well as numbered ‘2/5’
Printed at E. Götze, Dresden (with the mark)
Image dimensions: each ca. 51,4 x 74,5 cm
An impressive work in strong colors, showing Penck’s typical form language; silkscreens by Penck fetch up to 14,000 euro at international auctions
Object is regular taxed. Differential taxation is not possible.

In the series of nine silkscreens in colors from the year 1980 the first motif in black is overprinted in each subsequent sheet with another motif, from sheet three on in colors. Thus, the ninth sheet of the series becomes a colorful abstract composition with an exceptionally strong layer of paint.

The nine sheets are each signed in pencil lower right ‘Ralfp 80’. Eight sheets are each titled in pencil lower left ‘USA’, inscribed with the consecutive sheet number and numbered ‘2/5’. Sheet nine titled completely in pencil lower left ‘USA, viehisches Vieh, nein, ja, ja ITT’, inscribed with the consecutive sheet number, as well as numbered ‘2/5’. The margins show some signs of use and age. Sheet nine bears several creases in the image with associated small paint losses, sheet eight bears a tiny piercing in the lower center image area. Each image measures 51.4 x 74.5 cm, each sheet 66.7 x 90 cm.

A. R. Penck (b. 1939)

Born in Dresden in 1939, the painter and sculptor Ralf Winkler adopted several pseudonyms. ‘A. R. Penck’ was the name that followed through and that he is today famous for. He started taking drawing lessons with Strawalde. In the early 1950s, he was trained as an advertising artist. In 1966, he adopted the pseudonym ‘A. R. Penck’. As off 1973, he also signed his works with ‘Mike Hammer’, ‘T. M.’ or ‘Y.’. Whilst his work was under various restrictions in the German Democratic Republic, he received the Wilhelm-Grohmann Award from the Academy of Arts in West Berlin in 1975. In 1976, he made the acquaintance of the artist Jörg Immendorff, with whom he collaborated for a few years. In 1980, Penck moved to West Germany. Three years later, he settled in London, and in 1988 he moved to Düsseldorf for a job as a professor for painting at the Academy of Arts. After his retirement in 2003, he settled in Dublin, where he lives and works today. Works by A.R. Penck are on display in major museums collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt/Main, the Kunstmuseum Basel and the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. (fea)

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