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German Post-War Klaphek, Konrad
Wealth.
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German Post-War Klaphek, Konrad
Wealth.
See original version (German)
Estimate €600 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
German Post-War
Klaphek, Konrad
Wealth. 1980. Etching on Hahnemühle handmade paper. 26.5 x 21 cm (56 x 39.5 cm). A magnificent, nuanced print with a fine grain.
Wessolowski 31 C. – Zwirner 31 C. – The work belongs to Klapheck’s characteristic visual world of ‘machine images’, in which mechanical devices become precisely constructed, almost surrealistically alienated icons. Within his body of work, this print can be classified alongside the bicycle and machine etchings of the late 1970s, in which Klapheck depicts the machine not as a functional object, but as a psychologically charged symbol of control, fate and inner tensions – often condensed within a confined, box-like pictorial space, as seen here.
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 body of work, this print can be classified amongst the bicycle and machine etchings of the late 1970s, in which Klapheck presents 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.
*This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is charged on the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) is charged on the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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