PENCK, A.R.
1939 Dresden - 2017 Zurich

Title: "Abgrund 1 (Eros)".
Date: 1981.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 80 x 98,5cm.
Notation: Titled verso on the stretcher: Abyss 1 (Eros).
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.


Provenance:
- Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg
- Corporate collection Germany (acquired from previous owner in 1981)

Exhibitions:
- Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg 1981

Literature:
- Exhib. cat. (a.r. penck) 38 new paintings, Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg 1981, cat. no. 9, ill.

- The work was created one year after Penck's expulsion from the GDR and his emigration to the West
- Strong visual presence through the combination of powerful, geometric, and organic forms
- Penck's unique, impasto, almost coarse painting style gives the work a raw, energetic aura.