Poster of the exhibition at the Vienna Secession, Vienna 1984
12 silkscreens on corrugated board, laid down on 6 chipboards and mounted together
Vienna, 1984
Markus Lüpertz (b. 1941) - German painter, sculptor and graphic artist
Artist’s signet ‘Ml’ lower right in carpenter's pencil
1 from the total edition of 3 copies (2 copies on paper, mounted on cloth and overpainted, this copy on corrugated cardboard)
Catalogue raisonné: Hofmaier 377
Printed by Werbe-Blumk
Image dimensions: c. 290 x 485 cm
Dimensions of the individual parts: approx. 96.4 x 120.2 cm
Frame: 300 x 495 cm
Provenance: Private Collection, Germany
Very rare and large size work with ‘unique character’, since a total of only 3 copies were printed of which only the present copy here was produced on corrugated cardboard

This large size work, a combined print consisting of 12 screenprints on corrugated cardboard, was made by one of Germany's most important contemporary artists, Markus Lüpertz, who designed it as a poster for the exhibition at the Vienna Secession in 1984. Two of the three copies were installed at the walls of the exhibition space alongside the main entrance. (See fig. in catalog raisonné: Hofmaier, p. 146, Markus Lüpertz. Druckgraphik, 377).

Condition:

The work makes an overall good impression. The corrugated cardboard bears slight pressure marks (up to about 5 x 3 cm) bottom right and left as well as below the ‘U’, where it is also partly torn superficially and tiny rubbed. In the lower right area partially minor water stains. Scattered superficial nicks or creases. The frame with minor nicks and scratches. Image dimensions: c. 290 x 485 cm. Dimensions, framed 300 x 495 cm. The work is mounted in a free standing frame.

Markus Lüpertz (b. 1941)

Markus Lüpertz , born in Reichenberg in 1941, is one of the most important German artists of the present. His work has been influencing the German art for over 50 years. In the 1960s still part of the West Berlin Bohème, he was a professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe in the 1970s, and director of the Dusseldorf Art Academy from 1988 to 2009. At the same time, he was extremely productive and constantly developed his style. He was influenced, among others, by the legends of the ancient world, the literature (he writes himself), the art history (a work cycle, for example, is devoted to Corot) and the history, particularly the German history of the 20th century. The artist stylized himself as a ‘prince of painters’ and genius, and is also known for this purpose. He received numerous honors and awards, and exhibited, for instance, at the documenta in Kassel. His works are part of major international museum collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Museo de Bellas Artes in Bilbao.

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