Torso M

Details

Imi Knoebel (b. 1940)
Torso M
each signed and dated 'IMI 8889' (on the reverse)
acrylic on board, in six parts
overall: 374 x 240 cm.
Executed in 1988-1989

Provenance

Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo/New York/Berlin.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011.

Literature

Imi Knoebel. Retrospectiva 1968 - 1996, Valencia 1997 (illustrated, p. 120).

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

'What can I say about my works that they don’t say? When I am asked about what I think when I look at a painting, I can only answer that I don't think at all; I look at it and can only take in the beauty, and I don't want to see it in relation to anything else. Only what I see, simply because it has its own validity.'
(Imi Knoebel quoted in I wouldn't Say Anything Voluntary Anyway! Interview with Imi Knoebel, Works 1966-2014, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, p. 24.)

Torso M

Lot Essay

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