As of May 20, 2025

Imi Knoebel

Lot 24
Kartoffelbild 10, 2012
Acrylic on aluminum

75.0 x 105.8 x 3.5 in (190.4 x 268.7 x 9.0 cm)

Lot 24
Kartoffelbild 10, 2012
Acrylic on aluminum
75.0 x 105.8 x 3.5 in (190.4 x 268.7 x 9.0 cm)

Estimate:
€ 120,000 - 150,000
Auction: today

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich
Auction: Jun 06, 2025
Auction number: 590
Auction name: Evening Sale

Lot Details
Acrylic on aluminum , 2 parts. One element signed and dated on the reverse. Both parts inscribed “A” and “B” on the reverse, and each typographically titled and inscribed on a label. Total installation dimensions: 190.4 x 268.7 x 9 cm. . [JS].

• Imi Knoebel's rare “Kartoffelbilder” (Potato Pictures) pair the maximum unpredictability of forms with the geometric rigor characteristic of his work.
• Complex, humorous, and ironic: the potato symbolizes German identity, resistance to geometric rules, and a motif referencing art historical tradition.
• Black, red, gold: Powerful, radiant aesthetics in myriad shimmering color contrasts.
• This is the first time a work from this fascinating series is offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• In 2014/15, it was part of the important retrospective “Imi Knoebel. Works 1966-2014” at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg.
• Knoebel's spatial creations are part of renowned international collections, such as the Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, the Albertina in Vienna and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Imi Knoebel. Werke 1966-2014, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Ocotber 26, 2014 - February 15, 2015, p. 208 (illustrated)
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the artist in 2015)
Condition report on request katalogisierung@kettererkunst.de
Lot Details
Acrylic on aluminum , 2 parts. One element signed and dated on the reverse. Both parts inscribed “A” and “B” on the reverse, and each typographically titled and inscribed on a label. Total installation dimensions: 190.4 x 268.7 x 9 cm. . [JS].

• Imi Knoebel's rare “Kartoffelbilder” (Potato Pictures) pair the maximum unpredictability of forms with the geometric rigor characteristic of his work.
• Complex, humorous, and ironic: the potato symbolizes German identity, resistance to geometric rules, and a motif referencing art historical tradition.
• Black, red, gold: Powerful, radiant aesthetics in myriad shimmering color contrasts.
• This is the first time a work from this fascinating series is offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• In 2014/15, it was part of the important retrospective “Imi Knoebel. Works 1966-2014” at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg.
• Knoebel's spatial creations are part of renowned international collections, such as the Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, the Albertina in Vienna and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Imi Knoebel. Werke 1966-2014, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Ocotber 26, 2014 - February 15, 2015, p. 208 (illustrated)
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the artist in 2015)
Condition report on request katalogisierung@kettererkunst.de

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today | Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG
tomorrow | Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

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