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Contemporary Art Kneffel, Karin
Cherries.
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326
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Contemporary Art Kneffel, Karin
Cherries.
See original version (German)
Estimate €2,200 - €2,500
Voluntary lot
Description
Contemporary Art
Kneffel, Karin
Cherries. 2005. Colour etching on heavy-weight vellum. 59.5 x 59.3 cm (77.7 x 76.3 cm). Signed, dated and numbered. - A very slight crease in the lower left-hand corner and slightly faded; on the reverse, very faint traces of soiling along two edges, and a small, technique-related ink stain; overall in very good condition and exceptionally beautiful. A magnificent, wonderfully nuanced and vibrantly coloured print with a wide margin, featuring the paper’s natural edge on two sides.
One of 90 copies. - Published by manus presse, Ostfildern, bearing their blind stamp. - Gerhard Richter’s master student achieved her breakthrough as early as the 1990s with realistic depictions of oversized fruits. Creating a perfect illusion of reality, Kneffel chooses extreme close-ups and an ever-changing interplay of foreground and background for her pictorial spaces. Although the fruit still life has a long-standing tradition in art history – usually opulently draped on tables, fruits symbolise prosperity, luxury and also transience – and though its narrative seems to have been exhausted, Kneffel deliberately places this genre at the centre of her work and gives it a new raison d’être within contemporary art. By concentrating on a small section of the image and transposing it into a larger-than-life format, she achieves a subtle alienation of the object, depicted with impressive photorealistic precision.
Colour etching on strong wove paper. Signed, dated and numbered. – Very slight crease mark and slightly discoloured in the lower left corners; on the reverse, very slight and faint traces of soiling in two margins; isolated colour stain due to the technique; all in all, very good and impeccably presented. A splendid, wonderfully nuanced and vibrantly coloured print with wide margins and a deckle edge on two sides. – One of 90 copies. – Published by manus presse, Ostfildern, with their blindstamp. - The breakthrough for this master student of Gerhard Richter came as early as her work in the 1990s, with realistic depictions of oversized fruits. Creating a perfect illusion of reality, Kneffel chooses extreme details and an alternating interplay of near and far for her pictorial spaces. Although the fruit still life has a long tradition in art history – usually lavishly arranged on tables, fruits symbolise prosperity, opulence and also transience – and seems to have exhausted its narrative potential, Kneffel deliberately places this genre at the centre of her work and gives it a new raison d’être within contemporary art. By focusing on a small section of the image and transferring it to a larger-than-life format, she achieves a subtle alienation of the depicted object with impressive photorealistic precision.
*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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