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Lot 60
  • 60

Ferdinand Kriwet

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description

  • Ferdinand Kriwet
  • Publit Poem Painting 19
  • Oil on canvas
  • 200 by 98,5 cm.
  • Executed circa 1964.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist in 1966

Exhibited

Quebec, Museum (& travelling), Art in the Factory / Le Musée dans l'Usine, 1968-1969
Sankt Gallen, Kunstmuseum (& travelling), Le Musée  dans l' Usine, 1970-1971
Eindhoven, Bijenkorf (& travellling), Kunst over de drempel, 1985

Literature

Karl Kraus, Kriwet, 1966-67, Düsseldorf 1967, p. 12, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is slightly more yellow in the original. Condition: Diagonal craquelure throughout.Tiny spots of paint loss; one in the orange 'Y' and one with associated minor dent on the inside of the 'H'.
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