OEHLEN ALBERT: (1954- ) OEHLEN ALBERT: (1954- ) German artist. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph of Oehlen in a head and shoulders pose alongside one of his artworks. Signed in bold blue ink with his name alone to a light area at the head of the image. A pencil annotation in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person at the MUMOK museum of modern art in Vienna on 7th June 2013. VG

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