470 - Georg Baselitz

Georg Baselitz Teichdamm 1974 Indian ink, chalk and graphit on paper 58 x 43,5 cm. Framed under glass. Signed, dated and titled 'Teichdamm G.Baselitz Juli 74'. - Traces of studio and minor traces of age. The present work is registered in Archiv Georg Baselitz, Munich. Provenance Georg Himmelheber, Munich; Karl & Faber Kunstauktionen, Munich, 5.12.1995, Lot 301; private collection, Berlin Exhibitions Berlin 2020 (Galerie Dittmar), Die siebziger Jahre, Arbeiten auf Papier Two rows of tree trunks standing upside down line a path that leads downward between them like a bright clearing. Above the drooping lines of the trunks and tree crowns, graphite and chalk lines circle in loose loops, interspersed with broad, grey ink strokes. In the 1974 drawing 'Teichdamm', Georg Baselitz combines two drawing techniques: washed ink, which flows across the paper in patches and streaks, and the quick, exploratory strokes of chalk and graphite, which circle the forms, condensing and dissolving them again. The drawing was created in the same year as the painting 'Sandteichdamm' and is closely related to Baselitz’s significant 'Teichdamm' series from the same period. Despite the nearly identical title, the drawing is not a study for the canvas but an independent work that deliberately references the painting. Baselitz has repeatedly emphasised the importance he attaches to his works on paper. In 1974, he lived and worked in Forst an der Weinstraße. Landscapes, forests, and paths were his central themes during those years.