Untitled

Details

Günther Förg (1952-2013)
Untitled
signed and dated 'Förg 88' (on the reverse)
acrylic on lead mounted on board
22 ½ x 14 5/8in. (57.2 x 37.2cm.)
Executed in 1988

Provenance

Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Further Details

The work is recorded in the Günther Förg archive with the number WVF.88.B.0033. We are most grateful to Mr. Michael Neff from the Estate of Günther Förg for the information he has kindly provided.

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Lot Essay

‘I started the monochromatic paintings when I was still studying at the Academy in Munich and this continued to be a concern until the early eighties in fact, at which point I stopped painting and did other things. I felt increasingly drawn to photography at that time and almost exclusively concentrated on this, sometimes combining these works with wall paintings. Later, in the ‘80s, I came back to painting, so it came full circle; in fact some recent paintings again reference these monochromes, so I guess that shows that they were an important starting point.’ –G. FÖRG

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