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Jonas Burgert
Schergen, 2007.
Oil on canvas
Estimation:
€ 50,000 / $ 57,500
Résultat:
€ 59,340 / $ 68,241

( frais d'adjudication compris)
194
Jonas Burgert
Schergen, 2007.
Oil on canvas
Estimation:
€ 50,000 / $ 57,500
Résultat:
€ 59,340 / $ 68,241

( frais d'adjudication compris)

Jonas Burgert
1969

Schergen. 2007.
Oil on canvas.
430 x 550 cm (169.2 x 216.5 in). [AW].

• Through a complex spatial arrangement and a rich ensemble of figures, Jonas Burgert evokes a dramatic stage scene.
• His works are intricate pictorial puzzles that often address existential questions, resembling painted philosophy.
• The monumental painting serves as the model for a print edition.
• Burgert is regarded as a master of new figuration and one of Germany’s most significant contemporary artists
.

PROVENANCE: Produzentengalerie Hamburg, Hamburg.
Olbricht Collection, Essen/Berlin (acquired from the above in 2008).

EXHIBITION: Passion Fruits picked from the Olbricht Collection, me Collectors Room Berlin / Olbricht Foundation, May 1-September 12, 2010.
Jonas Burgert. Lebendversuch, Kunsthalle Krems, March 27-June 13, 2011.

LITERATURE: Daniel J. Schreiber, Hans-Peter Wipplinger (eds.), Jonas Burgert. Lebendversuch (mit Werkverzeichnis 2003-2010), Cologne 2011, CR no. 57 (illustrated in color on p. 99).