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Saturday, 11 July 2026 at 11:00 am

Lot 99 Konrad Klaphek. Reichtum. 1980. Radierung auf …

Reichtum. 1980. Radierung auf Hahnemühle Bütten. 26,5 x 21 cm (56 x 39,5 cm). Prachtvoller nuancierter Druck mit feiner Körnung.

Deutsche Nachkriegsmoderne – Wessolowski 31 C. - Zwirner 31 C. - Die Arbeit gehört zu Klapheks typischer Bildwelt der "Maschinenbilder", in der mechanische Geräte zu präzise konstruierten, fast surreal verfremdeten Ikonen werden. Innerhalb seines Werks lässt sich das Blatt den Fahrrad- und Maschinen-Radierungen der späten 1970er Jahre zuordnen, in denen Klapheck die Maschine nicht als funktionales Objekt, sondern als psychologisch aufgeladenes Symbol für Kontrolle, Schicksal und innere Spannungen inszeniert - häufig verdichtet in einem engen, kastenartigen Bildraum, wie hier.

German Post War – Etching on Hahnemühle handmade paper. A magnificent, nuanced print with a fine grain. The work belongs to Klapheck's characteristic visual universe of "machine images," in which mechanical devices become precisely constructed, almost surreally alienated icons. Within his oeuvre, the sheet can be classified among the bicycle and machine etchings of the late 1970s, in which Klapheck stages the machine not as a functional object, but as a psychologically charged symbol of control, fate, and inner tensions-often condensed into a confined, box-like pictorial space, as seen here.

Startprice: 600 €
Estimate: 800 €

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