Petit Nobel. 1990.
Acrylic on fibreboard, in the original artist frame.
Monogrammed, dated and titled on the reverse. 110 x 120 cm (43.3 x 47.2 in). Incl frame: 137 x 147 cm (53,9 x 57,8 in).
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• A sceptical look, a hodgepodge of objects, gaudy colors: Xenia Hausner shows an intriguing glimpse into her protagonist's everyday life.
• The title "Petit Nobel" refers to the Danish cigarillos in the middle of the table, or perhaps to an unrecognized genius sitting opposite us?
• In 1997 shown in a solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Wien and the Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig.
• The artist is acknowledged as one of the most important contemporary figurative painters; her works are regularly shown in major group and solo exhibitions.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Thomas, Munich.
Private collection Hesse (acquired from the above in 1996).

EXHIBITION: Xenia Hausner - Liebesfragmente, Kunsthalle Wien, May 14 - June 22, 1997, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, July 24 - September 7, 1997, cat. no. 2 (illu. in color on p. 159).