Live Auction 12352A Visual Odyssey Selections from LAC (Lambert Art Collection) Staged by Jacques Grange
Katharina Fritsch (B. 1956)
Lot 55

Katharina Fritsch (B. 1956)

Postkarte (Paris) 4

Closed14 October 2015

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GBP 25,000

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Katharina Fritsch (B. 1956)
Postkarte (Paris) 4
oil-based ink and acrylic on plastic panel
67 ¾ x 114 1/8in. (172.2 x 289.5cm.)
Executed in 2004, this work is number two from an edition of three

Matthew Marks Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2004.

Specialist note

Katharina Fritsch’s Postkarte 4 (Paris) evokes a fantastical version of Paris, inspired by the songs of Maurice Chevalier, the city’s vibrant boulevards, and a young Audrey Hepburn. The larger than life croissant and coffee cup and its execution in nostalgic black-and-white is in contrast to the high-tech material used, alluding to the city’s intermix of tradition and modernity.