Woodcut on paper
Germany, late 20th Century
A. R. Penck (born 1939), German painter and graphic artist
Signed lower right “ar. penck”
Copy 2/30
Woodcuts by A. R. Penck fetch up to 5.200 euros at international auctions
Overall dimensions 89 x 130.5 cm
Very good condition

This very nice woodcut was made by the internationally renowned German painter, graphic artist and sculptor A. R. Penck. It shows a for the artist typical image of a tall, dancing figure, which is in its style very similar to cave paintings. In the 1980s Penck became famous for his paintings with pictographic, neo-primitivist imagery of human figures and other totemic forms, which could be understood instantly by any spectator.



The woodcut is in very good condition. It is signed in pencil lower right “ar. penck” and provided with the numbering “2/30”. The overall dimensions are 89 x 130.5 cm.



A. R. Penck (born in 1939)

The painter, graphic artist and sculptor A. R. Penck, with proper name Ralf Winkler, was born in Dresden in 1939. He studied drawing in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1956, he submitted his application to the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden and the Academy of Fine and Applied Arts of East-Berlin. However, he was rejected for his pretended missing talent. Since 1969, he has been more and more observed by the Ministry of State Security of the GDR. In 1976, he met Jörg Immendorff, with whom he collaborated in the following years. In their works, they promoted the abolition of the German-German border. In August 1980, Penck moved to the West. In 1983, he moved to London and, in 1988, to Düsseldorf, where he worked as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts. Since his retirement in 2003, he has been working and living in Dublin, Ireland.

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