Live Auction 5324Post War & Contemporary Art
Markus Lüpertz (b. 1941)
Lot 243 When I make a really fine painting it's as if it's more than me, it's bigger than I am. And I see the painting with the same surprise as anyone else looking at it.

Markus Lüpertz quoted in Stuart Morgan, "An Interview with Markus Lüpertz", Inclinations, Frieze Publications, 2006, p.158

Markus Lüpertz (b. 1941)

Otello Maschine

Closed13 December 2007

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GBP 13,700

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Markus Lüpertz (b. 1941)
Otello Maschine
titled and dated 'OTELLO, MASCHINE, 1996' (on the reverse); with the artist's monogram (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
32 x 39½in. (76.2 x 100.3cm.)
Painted in 1996

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

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The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by the artist.