602 - IMMENDORFF, JÖRG

IMMENDORFF, JÖRG 1945 Bleckede/Elbe–2007 Düsseldorf Title: The Victor. Date: 1989. Technique: Bronze, with a green-brown patina. Dimensions: 215.5 x 49 x 45 cm. Inscription: Inscribed, signed, and dated on the plinth at the back on the right: E.A. Immendorff 89. Foundry mark: Below this foundry mark: KAYSER DÜSSELDORF. The work is part of an edition comprising a total of 6 numbered copies + 7 artist’s proofs. Provenance: - Galerie Rackey, Bad Honnef - Corporate collection, Germany (acquired from the previous owner in 2010) Exhibitions: - Documenta, Kassel 2007 - Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg - Rheingoldhalle Congress Center, Mainz - Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf - Kunstverein Jülich & Aachen Literature: - Galerie Rackey (ed.): Jörg Immendorff – 24 Bronzen, Bad Honnef 2012, cat. no. 6, fig. - Monumental bronze sculpture with an expressively modeled surface - A compelling fusion of triumph and pathos with a deliberately fragmented, non-idealized physicality - This bronze sculpture was presented at the 2007 documenta in Kassel Beginning in 1963, Jörg Immendorff studied stage design at the Düsseldorf Art Academy before transferring to Joseph Beuys’s class. Beuys’s expanded understanding of art shaped Immendorff’s early work, in which he questioned the social and political role of art through performances and a striking visual language. In 1977, he founded the “German-German Action Alliance” with A.R. Penck, and the division of Germany became the central theme of his famous series “Café Deutschland” (1978–1982). Since the late 1970s, Immendorff has increasingly expanded his body of work to include sculptures, in which he translates his expressive visual language into three dimensions. Having been featured multiple times at documenta in Kassel and the Venice Biennale, he is one of the most internationally renowned German artists of his generation. The bronze sculpture “Der Sieger” (The Victor), created in 1989, depicts a standing, abstract figure raising both arms above its head. The monumental gesture of triumph contrasts with the block-like, roughly modeled physicality of the figure. Individual sections appear condensed and almost fragmented; notches and irregularities enliven the green-brown patinated surface. Views from the front and back offer different perspectives on the figure, whose raised arms impressively accentuate the verticality of the work, which stands over two meters tall. Immendorff thus adopts the traditional pose of the victor, yet through his rough modeling, he strips it of any classical idealization. Triumph, strength, and pathos appear at once fractured and open to question. “The Victor” thus illustrates Immendorff’s characteristic translation of symbolically charged motifs into a powerful, immediately tangible sculptural form. 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 over a total invoice amount of 25,000 euros: 1.8 per thousand Shipping to the U.S. by individual arrangement after the auction. #Jörg Immendorff #Neo-Expressionism #Neue Wilde #New History Painting #Germany #Post-War Art #1980s #Sculptures. This lot will be sold subject to standard taxation (Conditions of Sale §V6.1) 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.