Live Auction 11798Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
Günther Förg (1952-2013)
Lot 170

Günther Förg (1952-2013)

Untitled

Closed30 June 2016

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GBP 86,500

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Günther Förg (1952-2013)
Untitled
signed and dated ‘Förg 2001’ (on the reverse)
acrylic on lead on wood
43 ¼ x 35 5/8in. (110 x 90.5cm.)
Executed in 2001

Private Collection.
Anon. sale, Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers Copenhagen, 3 October 2011, lot 694.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

‘Colours emerge, the paintings become more open, and even the material’s arbitrary elements on the surface and in the patina become part of the picture’
(G. Förg, quoted in Günther Förg, Paintings on Lead, exh. cat., Thomas Dane Gallery, London 2006).