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Albert Oehlen (b. 1954)
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signed and dated 'A. Oehlen 97' (on the reverse)
oil and acrylic on canvas
96½ x 75 in. (245.1 x 190.5 cm.)
Executed in 1997.

Provenance

First International Fine Art, Berlin
Acquired from the above by the present owner

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I don't think you can really, seriously-or philosophically-try to find out what it is that a painting does to you. It's contradictory. You can't come to an end because, if it's good, it's beautiful- everything that's good will be at the end called beautiful. But I like very much if you do things that seem to be forbidden and seem to be impossible, like a test of courage.
-Albert Oehlen

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