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German Post-War Grützke, Johannes
Le cour humide.
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89
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German Post-War Grützke, Johannes
Le cour humide.
See original version (German)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
German Post-War
Grützke, Johannes
Le cour humide. 2003. Oil on cardboard. 38 x 46 cm. 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 of Johannes Grützke: as an attentive observer of the incidental, he turns his gaze to overgrown foliage, which, according to the title, is set in a damp Parisian courtyard. The motif stands in deliberate contrast to what Grützke is primarily 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, neither idealising his composition nor arranging it according to decorative criteria, but rather depicting what he finds without embellishment.
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.
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