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Contemporary Art Oehlen, Albert
Blue.
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317
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Contemporary Art Oehlen, Albert
Blue.
See original version (German)
Estimate €1,100 - €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
Contemporary Art
Oehlen, Albert
Blue. 2020. Lithograph in blue on vellum. 28 x 22.5 cm (50 x 38 cm). Signed and numbered, with a typographic edition label on the reverse. Mounted at points on backing board and framed under glass. In the original edition frame. – The frame glass has a few slight fingerprints on the upper edge, visible only in oblique light; overall in very good condition and exceptionally attractive. An excellent, wonderfully experimental-looking, monochromatic print with margins.
One of 100 copies. – Printed by Urs Graf, Druckwerkstatt Speicher, Switzerland. – Published by BLAU International, Berlin. - Albert Oehlen is one of the most prominent and influential figures in contemporary art discourse. He chooses the image itself as the central theme of his work; colours and their application, as well as the artistic gesture per se, become the subject of the image. In the work ‘Blau’, Oehlen revisits his so-called ‘tree’ paintings from the 1980s: leafless, bare trees that dominate the pictorial space and, as a figurative starting point, invite exploration of pure abstraction. Oscillating between clear contours and amorphous sharpness, Oehlen stages a dynamic interplay between abstraction and figuration. The paint – at times applied in rich layers, at others in experimental washes – outlines both the subject of the bare tree and the artist’s gestural, informal style. Presented monochromatically in blue, a nuanced, powerful hue unfolds across the sheet.
Lithograph in blue on wove paper. Signed and numbered, with a typographical edition label on the reverse. Spot-mounted to an underlying mat and framed under glass. In edition frame. – Glass with a few slight fingerprints, visible in direct light; overall in very good and impeccably fine condition. A superb, wonderfully experimental-looking monochromatic print with margins. - One of 100 copies. - Printed by Urs, Frag, Druckwerkstatt Speicher, Switzerland. - Published by BLAU International, Berlin. - Albert Oehlen is one of the most prominent and influential figures in contemporary art discourse. He chooses the image itself as the central theme of his work; colours and their application, as well as the artistic gesture per se, become the subject of the image. In the work “Blau”, Oehlen revisits his so-called “tree paintings” from the 1980s – leafless, bare trees that dominate the pictorial space and, as a figurative starting point, invite explorations of pure abstraction. Shifting between clear contours and amorphous sharpness, Oehlen creates a dynamic interplay between abstraction and figuration. The paint, sometimes applied in rich layers, sometimes in experimental drips, captures both the subject of the bare tree and the artist’s gestural, informal style. Kept monochromatic in blue, a nuanced, powerful hue unfolds across the work.
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