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Modern and Contemporary Art

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

Lot 89 Johannes Grützke. Le cour humide. 2003. Öl auf …

Le cour humide. 2003. Öl auf Karton. 38 x 46 cm. Monogrammiert und datiert, verso signiert, betitelt und datiert sowie mit Ortsbezeichnung "Paris". - Mit sehr wenigen kleinen, punktuellen Bereibungen. Insgesamt sehr gut und sauber.

Deutsche Nachkriegsmoderne – Privatsammmlung, Berlin. - Die vorliegende Arbeit zeigt Johannes Grützke von einer weniger bekannten Seite: als aufmerksamen Beobachter des Beiläufigen zeigt er seinen Blick auf wucherndes Blattwerk, dem Titel nach in einem feuchten Pariser Innenhof. Das Motiv steht in bewusstem Kontrast zu dem, wofür Grützke vor allem bekannt ist: den figurativen, ironisch überzeichneten Kompositionen mit ihren verzerrten Physiognomien und theatralischen Gesten, die ihn als Mitbegründer der Schule der Neuen Prächtigkeit prägten. Doch auch hier bleibt Grützke seinem Grundprinzip treu, indem er seine Komposition weder idealisiert noch nach dekorativen Gesichtspunkten anlegt, sondern das Vorgefundene ohne Überhöhung darstellt.

German Post War – Oil on cardboard. Monogrammed and dated, signed, titled and dated on the reverse, with the location "Paris". - With very few small, isolated scuffs. Overall in very good and clean condition. - Private collection, Berlin. - This work reveals a lesser-known side to Johannes Grützke: as an attentive observer of the incidental, and shows his focus on overgrown foliage, which, according to the title, is set in a damp Parisian courtyard. The motif stands in deliberate contrast to what Grützke is best known for: the figurative, ironically exaggerated compositions with their distorted physiognomies and theatrical gestures, which defined him as a co-founder of the School of New Splendour. Yet here too, Grützke remains true to his fundamental principle by neither idealising his composition nor arranging it according to decorative criteria, but rather depicting what he finds without embellishment.

Post Auction Price: 2000 €

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