508 - KNOEBEL, IMI

KNOEBEL, IMI 1940 Dessau Title: Untitled (dragon drawing). Date: 1980. Technique: Varnish, acrylic, foil and charcoal on plexiglass and card. Measurement: 101.5 x 70.5 cm. Notation: Signed and dated lower left: IMi Knoebel 80. Here additionally equipped with the artist's stamp. Inscribed, dated, inscribed and signed at the top verso: Düsseldorf 1980 Drachenzeichnung Imi. Frame: Artist's frame. Not examined out of the frame. In the 1980s Imi Knoebel created series of works that are characterised by a gesturally expressive painting style. Among these are the dragon drawings created between 1980 and 1982. They consist of several layers of transparent plastic foils that the artist painted with acrylic painter varnish and layered on a cardboard base. Sometimes colourful paper shapes are also collaged on the image composition or painted glass panes are inserted. This play of overlapping surfaces and colours gives the drawings sculptural depth dimensions. The title "Drachenzeichnungen" ('dragon drawings') refers to a small Chinese character for dragon that was stamped in red on every sheet and represents Knoebel's Chinese zodiac sign. Provenance: - Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (directly from the artist) Estimated shipping costs for this lot: The lot is unsuitable for parcel shipping. Transport only by shipping company after consultation following the auction. additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: max. 41.65 Euro over a total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: 1.8 o/oo USA by individual arrangement after the auction. #Imi Knoebel #Minimalism #Photographs #Germany #Post-War Art #1980s #Post War. In accordance with §26 UrhG (German Copyright Act), VAN HAM is obliged to pay a statutory resale royalty on the sale proceeds of all original works of fine art and photography whose authors have not been deceased for 70 years prior to the end of the calendar year of the sale. The buyer shall contribute 1.5% of the hammer price to this fee.