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Contemporary Art Kneffel, Karin
4 works.
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329
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Contemporary Art Kneffel, Karin
4 works.
See original version (German)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
Contemporary Art
Kneffel, Karin
4 works. Each a four-colour silkscreen print on sturdy, smooth vellum. 1999. Each 92 x 92 cm (96 x 96 cm). Each bears a typographic title at the bottom edge, along with details of the work and edition. – Very occasional, barely noticeable scuffs on the edges. Overall in very good condition. Consistently magnificent prints with exceptional colour vibrancy and a narrow margin.
Includes: - Cherries I - Peaches I - Grapes I - Apples I. - One of 500 copies of each. - Published by Kunstverlag Schumacher – Edition Fils, Düsseldorf. - Gerhard Richter’s star pupil made her breakthrough as early as the 1990s with realistic depictions of oversized fruit. In a deceptively realistic manner, Kneffel shapes her pictorial spaces through extreme cropping and a variable interplay of proximity and distance. Although the fruit still life looks back on a long art-historical tradition and has always functioned as a symbol of prosperity, abundance and transience, Kneffel deliberately takes up this genre, which appears to have been narratively exhausted. By placing it at the centre of her work, she lends it new relevance within contemporary art. Through the monumental enlargement of a highly confined frame and its transposition into an oversized format, she creates a subtle alienation of the object, which is depicted with impressive photorealistic precision.
Four-colour silkscreen prints on sturdy, smooth wove paper. 1999. In the lower margin, each bears a typographic designation as well as details of the work and edition. - Very occasional, barely noticeable minor nicks to the edges. Overall in very good condition. Splendid prints of exceptional colour intensity with narrow margins. - Contains: - Cherries I - Peaches I - Grapes I - Apples I. - Each from an edition of 500. - Published by Kunstverlag Schumacher - Edition Fils, Düsseldorf. - The breakthrough of Gerhard Richter’s master student came as early as her work of the 1990s, featuring realistic depictions of oversized fruit. In a deceptively realistic manner, Kneffel constructs her pictorial spaces through extreme cropping and a variable interplay of proximity and distance. Although the fruit still life has a long-standing art-historical tradition and appears to have exhausted its narrative potential, Kneffel deliberately places this genre at the centre of her artistic practice, thereby granting it renewed relevance within contemporary art. By focusing on a small section of the image and translating it into a monumental format, she achieves a subtle estrangement of the object, which is rendered 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 tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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