Lot no. 699
Per Kirkeby: "Herbst-Anastasia VII", 1997. Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 200 x 170 cm.
"Herbst-Anastasia VII" (Autumn Anastasia VII), 1997. Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 200 x 170 cm.
The painting will be included in a future third and final volume of Ane Hejlskov Larsen's catalogue raisonné of Per Kirkeby's works, covering the period 1990-2015.
Exhibited: "Per Kirkeby - Recent Paintings. In cooperation with Michael Werner Gallery", Knoedler & Company, New York, 1999, cat. no. 6, ill. in the catalogue full page in colours.
Provenance: Knoedler & Company, New York (reg. no. PK 859) (label on the reverse).
"Green is certainly always a good excuse to paint something red afterwards. Red on top of green ? that?s really something. It can become very dark, but in an expressive way ... If I have a notion in my head that an image is heading somewhere, then I paint it in the contrasting colour first and then proceed by defeating this colour. ? Quote by Kirkeby, p. 118. Lars Morell: "Per Kirkeby. Conversations with Lars Morell?.
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DKK : 600000/800000
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