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Modern and Contemporary Art

Saturday, 11 July 2026 at 11:00 am - After sale

Lot 317 Albert Oehlen. Blau. 2020. Lithographie in …

Blau. 2020. Lithographie in Blau auf Velin. 28 x 22,5 cm (50 x 38 cm). Signiert und nummeriert, verso mit typographischem Editionsetikett. Punktuell auf Unterlage montiert und unter Glas gerahmt. Im Editionsrahmen. - Rahmenglas mit wenigen leichten, nur im Streiflicht erkennbaren Fingerflecken am oberen Rand, insgesamt sehr gut und ausgesprochen schön. Ausgezeichneter, herrlich experimentell anmutender, monochromatischer Druck mit Rand.

Zeitgenössische Kunst – Eines von 100 Exemplaren. - Druck bei Urs Graf, Druckwerktatt Speicher, Schweiz. - Hrsg. v. BLAU International, Berlin. - Albert Oehlen zählt zu den prominentesten und maßgebenden Vertretern des aktuellen Kunstdiskurses. Als zentrales Thema seines Schaffens wählt er das Bild selbst, Farben und deren Auftrag, der künstlerische Gestus per se avancieren zum Bildgegenstand. Im Werk "Blau" greift Oehlen seine sog. Baum-Bilder der 1980er Jahr auf, blattlose, kahle Bäume, die den Bildraum dominieren und als figurativer Anstoß zu Erkundungen reiner Abstraktion einladen. Zwischen klarer Kontur und amorpher Schärfe changierend, inszeniert Oehlen einen spannungsreichen Wechsel von Abstraktion und Gegenständlichkeit. Die Farbe mal im sattem Auftrag, mal im experimentellem Zerlaufen, skizziert sowohl den Gegenstand des kahlen Baums als auch den gestisch informellen Duktus des Künstlers. Monochromatisch in Blau gehalten, entfaltet sich ein nuancenreicher, kraftvoller Farbton über das Blatt.

Contemporary Art – Lithograph in blue on wove paper. Signed and numbered, verso with typographical edition label. Spot-mounted to underlying mat and framed under glass. In edition frame. - Glass with few, slight finger stains, visible in beam light, all in all very good and impeccably nice. Superb, wonderfully experimental-like monochromatic impression with margin. - One of 100 copies. - Print by Urs, Frag, Druckwerkstatt Speicher, Switzerland. - Publ. by BLAU International, Berlin. - Albert Oehlen is one of the most prominent and influential figures in contemporary art discourse. He chooses the image itself as the central theme of his work, colors and their application, as well as the artistic gesture per se, become the subject of the image. In the work "Blau," Oehlen revisits his so-called "tree paintings" from the 1980s-leafless, bare trees that dominate the pictorial space and, as a figurative starting point, invite explorations of pure abstraction. Shifting between clear contours and amorphous sharpness, Oehlen stages a dynamic interplay between abstraction and figuration. The paint, sometimes applied in rich layers, sometimes in experimental drips, sketches both the subject of the bare tree and the artist's gestural, informal style. Kept monochromatic in blue, a nuanced, powerful hue unfolds across the work.

Post Auction Price: 1100 €

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