Kissenbild

Details

Gotthard Graubner (1930-2013)
Kissenbild
signed and dated 'Graubner 68' (on the reverse)
oil on Perlon and foam-filled canvas
90 x 90 x 13cm.
Executed in 1968

Provenance

Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf.
Galerie Neher, Essen.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 1 December 1994, lot 187.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

'The actual reference to nature in my painting happens when I recreate an organism. It is breathing, expansion and and contraction. Organic movements as they are found in cloud formations, in the rhythm of flowing water, or in the still movement of a human body' - Gotthard Graubner

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