Willem de K.

Details

GEORG BASELITZ (B. 1938)
Willem de K.
signed, titled and dated 'G Baselitz 4. VI 018 Willem de K' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
65 x 39 3/8 in. (165 x 100 cm.)
Painted in 2018.

Provenance

Gagosian Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Gagosian Gallery, Georg Baselitz: Devotion, January-March 2019, p. 163, no. 61 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

There have always been portraits throughout art history. But more important than the subject has always been the artist himself. ...the people I portray here are especially meaningful to me.
—Georg Baselitz

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