FL III

Details

Karin Kneffel (b. 1957)
FL III
signed, titled and dated 'Karin Kneffel 1998 (FL III)' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
59 x 59in. (150 x 150cm.)
Painted in 1998

Provenance

Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris.
Base Gallery, Tokyo (acquired from the above circa 2000).
Private Collection, Japan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

D. J. Schreiber (ed.), Karin Kneffel 1990-2010, exh. cat., Tubingen, Kunsthalle Tübingen, 2010, no. 49 (illustrated in colour, p. 133; detail illustrated in colour, p. 126).

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Lot Essay

‘ I create pictorial spaces, and I have to solve everything within them. I’m always concerned with the inherent reality gap. I
want to present reality, place it at a distance through artistic representation, and then ultimately transform it by doing so.’
– Karin Kneffel

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