488 - Birgit Jürgenssen* (Vienna 1949 - 2003 Vienna)

Birgit Jürgenssen* (Vienna 1949 - 2003 Vienna) Red Fox with Shepherdess, 1979 lithography/paper 56,5 x 46 cm signed Brigit Jürgenssen, dated 79 inscribed Rotfuchs mit Hirtin, numbered 150/10 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 200 - 400 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 200 Birgit Jürgenssen was an Austrian photographer, draftswoman, object artist, and educator. Alongside VALIE EXPORT and Maria Lassnig, she is considered one of the key figures of the feminist avant-garde in Austria since the 1970s. Her multifaceted body of work encompasses photography, drawing, collage, watercolor, sculpture, object art, and performance. Jürgenssen studied at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna from 1968 to 1971. In 1975, at the invitation of VALIE EXPORT, she participated in the exhibition*MAGNA. Feminismus: Kunst und Kreativität (MAGNA. Feminism: Art and Creativity). In her works—which are often rooted in autobiography—she explored societal role attributions, female identity, and body images, as well as the interplay between desire, domesticity, and control. In doing so, she employed humor, irony, and surrealist estrangement as critical tools. PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights and platform fee. In the case of normal taxation (marked ° at the estimate), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer's premium and platform fee. This amounts to 13% for paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures and 20% for photographs and all other items. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.