LÜPERTZ, MARKUS
1941 Liberec/Bohemia

Title: Mykenisches Lächeln (Ultracyan - Ultracyan hell).
Date: 1985/86/2013.
Technique: Colour woodcut on laid paper.
Depiction Size: 100 x 70cm.
Sheet Size: 106,5 x 76,5cm.
Notation: Monogrammed (artist's signet) and numbered.
Number: 4/5.


Condition:
Remains of former mounting on verso as well as minimal bleeding through of printing ink. Otherwise in very good condition.

In 1985/86 the artist created the series 'Zehn Holzschnitte zum Mykenischen Lächeln'. The present artwork is motif IX from this series. In 2013, the artist returned to the motif in a colour variation.

Provenance:
- Korff Fine Art GmbH, Ilmmünster (invoice)
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia

Cf. literature:
- Hofmaier, James: Markus Lüpertz - Druckgraphik, catalogue raisonné 1960-1990, Ostfildern-Ruit 1991, cat. rais. no. 295.