Lot no. 951
Online - Modern and Contemporary Art
Gerhard Altenbourg
O. T. (Female nude in water). 1986. drypoint on chamois-coloured, firm wove paper. 7.1 x 9.3 cm (30 x 21 cm), loose under blind-patterned tissue paper. Signed, monogrammed, dated, inscribed and dry-stamped in pencil. - Exceptionally good. Excellent, fine-grained and lively impression with full margins, one side with scoop margin.
Impression without plate tone, inscribed in lead pencil by the artist. - 1 of 6 works of the special edition for a publication in 15 copies on the occasion of the exhibition "Souveräne Wege - Arbeiten 1949 - 1989" of the Jenaer Kunstverein. This work by Altenbourg was intended for a portfolio that was to be published by the Galerie Oben in Chemnitz, but was not published as an edition due to the artist's fatal car accident in 1989.
Dry-point etching on thick chamois coloured wove paper. Signed, monogrammed, dated and annotated in pencil, as well as with the artist's dry stamp. - Extremely fine. Superb, finely burnished and lively impression with full margin, on one side with deckel edge. - 1 of 6 works from a deluxe run of 15 copies for a publication on the occasion of the exhibition 'Souveräne Wege - Arbeiten 1949 - 1989' at the Jenaer Kunstverein. This work by Altenbourg was intended for a portfolio that was to appear in the Chemnitz Galerie Oben, but was not published as an edition due to the artist's fatal car accident in 1989.
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300
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