Lot 184
  • 184

Georg Baselitz

Estimate
180,000 - 250,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Georg Baselitz
  • Exotenremix
  • signed, titled and twice dated XII 06 and Jan 07 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 223 by 133cm.; 87 3/4 by 52 3/8 in.

Provenance

Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
Private Collection, Denmark

Exhibited

Copenhagen, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Georg Baselitz: Remix, 2007

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the pink tends more towards purple in the original, and the yellow is richer and more vibrant. Condition: This work is in good condition. There are isolated areas of craquelure in the black pigment. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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Catalogue Note

“If you’re remixing popular music you change the rhythm or the sound…What I do is something entirely different. I have thought for a long time about what to call what I do. I liked the word ‘remix’ because it comes from youth culture.”

George Baselitz  quoted in Exhibition Press Press Release: New York, Gagosian Gallery, George Baselitz: The Remix Paintings,  2007, n.p.