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Per Kirkeby

1938 – Copenhagen – 2018

”Fünf”. 1989

Oil on canvas. 200 × 200 cm (78 ¾ × 78 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Per Kirkeby. ”Fünf”. 1989.

Estimate:

EUR 150,000

 

- 200,000

USD 169,000

 

- 225,000

Sold for:

571,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Summer Auctions 2025

Selected Works, Thursday, 05.06.2025

Information

Oil on canvas. 200 × 200 cm (78 ¾ × 78 ¾ in.). Signed, dated and titled with brush in black on the reverse: PER KIRKEBY 1989 Fünf. On the stretcher with labels from exhibitions in Oslo, Stockholm, Humlebæk and Valencia (see below) as well as of Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne. Catalogue raisonné: Larsen M 961.

Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne / Corporate Collection, Germany (acquired in 1991, 2010–2025 on loan to Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden)

Exhibition: Per Kirkeby. Werke 1983-1988. Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, 1989

Kirkeby. Pinturas, Esculturas, Grabados y Escritos. Valencia, IVAM, 1989–90, ill. p. 135 / Per Kirkeby. Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 1990 / Per Kirkeby. Cologne, Galerie Michael Werner, 1990, cat. no. 8, w. ill. / Per Kirkeby. Oslo, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, 1990–91, cat. no. 40

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