Live Auction 3049Post-War and Contemporary Art
Markus Lüpertz (b. 1941)
Lot 154

Markus Lüpertz (b. 1941)

Otello vor tanzenden Vasen

Closed5 November 2014

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EUR 27,500

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Markus Lüpertz (b. 1941)
Otello vor tanzenden Vasen
signed with the artist's monogram (upper left); signed with the artist's monogram and titled 'Otello vor tanzenden Vasen' (on the reverse)
oil and canvas on canvas
210 x 172 cm. (including artist's frame)
Painted in 1996

Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1996.

Specialist note

'The general opinion of my art is that it is rejected. I attribute this to a lack of intelligence among the people.'
(Markus Lupertz quoted in M. Slackman, 'Artist Puts Hercules, and Himself, on Pedestals', in: The New York Times, 29 October 2010, https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/world/europe/30lupertz.html?pagewante d=all&_r=0 visited 22 September 2014)