Wood, painted in red
Germany, presumably 1990s
A. R. Penck (b. 1939) – German painter and graphic artist
Signed with pencil at the sculpture’s foot ‘ar. penck’
Dimensions: 102.5 x 76 x 30 cm
Provenance: Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia
With a photographic documentation on the signature of the work
Very good condition
A.R. Penck is one of the most important contemporary German artists; his sculptural works have already achieved auction records of around €48,000

The present sculpture is a striking and very rare wooden work by the German artist A.R. Penck, whose quintessential style is related to graphic symbols, modern graffiti and calligraphic elements. The sculpture reveals a tall and a small red man in Penck’s typical archaic way. Through the deliberate use of these simplified forms the artist aims to create works that immediately appeal to everyone.

The sculpture is signed with pencil at the foot ‘ar. penck’. It is in very good condition. It measures 102.5 cm in height, 76 cm in width and 30 cm at the foot.

A.R. Penck (b. 1939)

Born in Dresden in 1939, the painter and sculptor Ralf Winkler adopted several pseudonyms, of which ‘A. R. Penck’ is certainly the best-known. He received his first drawing lessons from the artist Strawalde in the early 1950s, when he also completed an apprenticeship as advertising artist. 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 Jörg Immendorff, with whom he collaborated for a few years. In 1980, Penck moved to West Germany. Three years later he settled in London, followed by Dusseldorf, where he became a professor at the Art Academy in 1988. After his retirement in 2003, he settled in Dublin, where he still 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. (cbo)

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