688 - PALERMO, BLINKY (PETER HEISTERKAMP)

PALERMO, BLINKY (PETER HEISTERKAMP) 1943 Leipzig–1977 Kurumba/Maldives Title: Flipper (Diptych). Date: 1970. Technique: Each: Colour silkscreen on offset card. Depiction Size: 80 x 60 cm. Sheet Size: 85.5 x 65.5 cm. Notation: Each: Signed, dated and numbered. Publisher: Edition Galerie Heiner Friedrich, München (publisher). Number: 14/90. The design for this sheet is based on the 1965 painting ‘Flipper’. The left-hand panel of the diptych is the two-colour version; the three-colour right-hand panel corresponds to the original design. Following the proof, Palermo decided to produce a run of the two-colour version as well; however, it was not until the exhibition of the edition, several weeks later, that the artist decided to release the two sheets only as a diptych. For this reason, a small number of individual sheets were initially sold; furthermore, some of the prints were damaged on their delicate surfaces. These copies were sorted out and destroyed by Palermo around 1972. It is thought that only between 50 and 60 diptychs have survived. Provenance: - Private collection, north Germany Literature: - Jahn, Fred (ed.): Palermo - Die gesamte Grafik und alle Auflagenobjekte, 1966 bis 1975, Sammlung J.W. Fröhlich, Munich 1983, cat. rais. no. 8, ill. - An iconic work by the artist, who died young - The austerity of geometric forms is combined with playful lightness - A milestone in German minimalism - A sought-after collector's item Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Inland: 63.03 Euro plus 11.98 Euro VAT EU: 75.63 Euro plus 14.37 Euro VAT Third country: 121.85 Euro plus 23.15 Euro VAT 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. #Blinky (Peter Heisterkamp) Palermo #Constructivism #Color Field Painting #Minimalism #Germany #Post-War Art #1970s #Prints. 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.