Live Auction 11960First Open | London
Albert Oehlen (B. 1954)
Lot 16 PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTION

Albert Oehlen (B. 1954)

Das Mädchen "Regenbogen" (The Girl "Rainbow")

Closed14 April 2016

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GBP 8,125

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Albert Oehlen (B. 1954)
Das Mädchen "Regenbogen" (The Girl "Rainbow")
signed and dated 'A. Oehlen 95' (lower right); titled 'Das Mädchen "Regenbogen"' (on the reverse)
watercolour, graphite and charcoal on paper
17 x 12 7/8in. (43.2 x 32.5cm.)
Executed in 1995

Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

‘I see it this way: it’s the confluence of earnestness and ridiculousness that allows the artist to run riot. It’s comparable to a classic jazz soloist. He runs riot within his harmony and stretches it as far as it can’ (A. Oehlen, quoted in ‘Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen in conversation with Albert Oehlen’, Albert Oehlen: Home and Garden, exh. cat., New Museum, New York, 2015, p. 102).