Live Auction 20001Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale
GEORG BASELITZ (B. 1938)
Lot 177

GEORG BASELITZ (B. 1938)

Willem de K.

Closed14 May 2021

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USD 687,500

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GEORG BASELITZ (B. 1938)
Willem de K.
signed, titled and dated 'G Baselitz 4. VI 018 Willem de K' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
65 x 39 3/8 in. (165 x 100 cm.)
Painted in 2018.

Gagosian Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

There have always been portraits throughout art history. But more important than the subject has always been the artist himself. ...the people I portray here are especially meaningful to me.
—Georg Baselitz