Willkommen (Welcome)

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Marcel Hüppauff (B. 1972)
Willkommen (Welcome)
signed, titled and dated 'Marcel Hüppauff 2007 "Willkommen" (on the reverse), signed and dated 'MARCEL 2006' (lower right)
acrylic on canvas
64 7/8 x 76 7/8in. (164.9 x 195.2cm.)
Painted in 2006-2007

Provenance

Salon 94, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.

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Lot Essay

Marcel Hüppauff is known for his comic, cartoon inspired landscapes, which have steadily grown more abstract over the years. In Willkommen we encounter a perverse version of the children’s book Where the Wild Things Are, or else perhaps Shakespeare’s The Tempest, re-imagined through the lens of a pirate’s encounter with aliens, in addition to the monsters also inhabiting the island.

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