Live Auction 11798Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
Günther Förg (1952-2013)
Lot 172

Günther Förg (1952-2013)

Untitled

Closed30 June 2016

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GBP 80,500

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

Private Collection.
Anon. sale, Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers Copenhagen, 3 October 2011, lot 693.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

‘Yes, it (lead) already has a presence. Sometimes I would leave the lead in the rain and you would get these amazing oxidized grounds, quite beautiful’
(G. Förg, quoted in D. Ryan, Talking Painting, Karlsruhe 1997, http:/www.david-ryan.co.uk/Gunther0w.html [accessed 1 June 2016]).