508 - KNOEBEL, IMI

KNOEBEL, IMI 1940 Dessau Title: Untitled (dragon drawing). Date: 1980. Technique: Varnish, acrylic, foil, and charcoal on Plexiglas and card. Dimensions: 101.5 x 70.5 cm. Notation: Signed and dated lower left: IMi Knoebel 80. Also bears the artist’s stamp. Inscribed, dated, inscribed, and signed at the top on the reverse: Düsseldorf 1980 Drachenzeichnung Imi. Frame: Artist’s frame. Not examined out of the frame. In the 1980s, Imi Knoebel created a series of works characterized by a gestural, expressive painting style. Among these are the dragon drawings created between 1980 and 1982. They consist of several layers of transparent plastic film that the artist painted with acrylic varnish and layered onto a cardboard base. Sometimes colorful paper shapes are also collaged onto the composition, or painted glass panes are inserted. This interplay of overlapping surfaces and colors lends the drawings a sculptural depth. 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: This lot is not suitable for parcel shipping. Transport is only available via a shipping company after consultation following the auction. Additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to a total invoice amount of 25,000 euros: max. 41.65 euros For a total invoice amount exceeding 25,000 euros: 1.8 per thousand Shipping to the U.S. 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 obligated 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 toward this fee.