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210 - International Postwar Arte Povera Kounellis, Jannis Untitled…
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Estimate €700 - €800
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International Postwar Arte Povera Kounellis, Jannis Untitled. 1999. Lithograph on Arches Velin (with artist’s mark). 51.5 x 71 cm (59.5 x 80.5 cm). Signed and numbered. - In very good overall condition. An excellent, distinctly chalky print with deep blacks and a narrow margin, featuring the artist’s mark at the bottom. One of 99 copies. - Published by Edition Schellmann, Munich/New York. - The densely packed oval forms in this work, with their inscribed symbols that evoke associations with heads, stones and illegible script, reflect the archaic and Mediterranean imagery that informs Kounellis’s entire body of work. The deep black of the lithograph, applied with gestural intensity, lends the forms a material presence that seems to push beyond the sheet. The disorientation of perception is deliberate: Kounellis was interested in the moment when familiar categories of figure and abstraction, image and object, script and symbol begin to blur, placing the viewer in a state of productive uncertainty. Lithograph on Arches vellum (with watermark). Signed and numbered. - Overall, very good. An excellent, distinctly chalky print with deep blacks and a narrow margin, with the rim at the bottom. - One of 99 copies. - Published by Edition Schellmann, Munich/New York. - The densely packed oval forms in this work, with their inscribed symbols that evoke associations with heads, stones and illegible writing, reflect the archaic and Mediterranean imagery that informs Kounellis’s entire body of work. The deep black of the lithograph, applied with gestural intensity, lends the forms a material presence that seems to extend beyond the sheet. The disorientation of perception is fundamental here: Kounellis was interested in the moment when familiar categories of figure and abstraction, image and object, writing and sign begin to shift, placing the viewer in a state of productive uncertainty. *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 margin scheme. 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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Auction time 07/11/2026 at 11:00 AM
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