As of May 20, 2025

Albert Oehlen

Lot 34
Disco, 1985
Oil on canvas

82.7 x 63.0 in (210.0 x 160.0 cm)

Lot 34
Disco, 1985
Oil on canvas
82.7 x 63.0 in (210.0 x 160.0 cm)

Estimate:
€ 200,000 - 300,000
Auction: today

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

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

Lot Details
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Titled on the reverse of the stretcher. 210 x 160 cm. . [CH].
- Formerly part of the Günther Förg Collection. - Bad Boy: Together with Martin Kippenberger, Albert Oehlen shaped the art of an entire generation with his rebellious, provocative works. - Oehlen's works from this period are among his most celebrated and sought-after pieces on the international auction market (source: artprice.com). - “Disco” combines the artist's two great passions: painting and electronic music. - “dansen, grinsen, bumsen” (dance, grin, bang) is a bold and blunt expression of the nonconformist attitude of the punk and art scene at the time. - Albert Oehlen's paintings are part of the world's most prestigious museum collections, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Centre Pompidou, Paris, the Tate Gallery, London, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
LITERATURE: Albert Oehlen, Alles für mich, für Euch das NACHSEHEN, in: Exhibition catalog Le radius Kronenbourg. Werner Büttner, Martin Kippenberger, Albert Oehlen, Markus Oehlen, Villa Arson, Centre national d'art contemporain, Nice 1987, pp. 66f. and pp. 74f., pp. 9-11, p. 77 (illustrated in black and white).
Hoeveel schoonheid kunnen wij verdragen, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Sept.-June 1985
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt a. Main. Günther Förg Collection (1952-2013), Switzerland
Condition report on request katalogisierung@kettererkunst.de
Lot Details
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Titled on the reverse of the stretcher. 210 x 160 cm. . [CH].
- Formerly part of the Günther Förg Collection. - Bad Boy: Together with Martin Kippenberger, Albert Oehlen shaped the art of an entire generation with his rebellious, provocative works. - Oehlen's works from this period are among his most celebrated and sought-after pieces on the international auction market (source: artprice.com). - “Disco” combines the artist's two great passions: painting and electronic music. - “dansen, grinsen, bumsen” (dance, grin, bang) is a bold and blunt expression of the nonconformist attitude of the punk and art scene at the time. - Albert Oehlen's paintings are part of the world's most prestigious museum collections, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Centre Pompidou, Paris, the Tate Gallery, London, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
LITERATURE: Albert Oehlen, Alles für mich, für Euch das NACHSEHEN, in: Exhibition catalog Le radius Kronenbourg. Werner Büttner, Martin Kippenberger, Albert Oehlen, Markus Oehlen, Villa Arson, Centre national d'art contemporain, Nice 1987, pp. 66f. and pp. 74f., pp. 9-11, p. 77 (illustrated in black and white).
Hoeveel schoonheid kunnen wij verdragen, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Sept.-June 1985
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt a. Main. Günther Förg Collection (1952-2013), Switzerland
Condition report on request katalogisierung@kettererkunst.de

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