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DRAGO PRELOG(Celje/Slowenia 1939 - lives and works in
Vienna)
Erfreuliche Schweinerei. 1985.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled lower right: Drago
Prelog Erfreuliche Schweinerei 1985.
120 x 150 cm.
Provenance:
- Acquired fromGalerie Land, Vienna, at
Art Basel in 1990.
- Privately owned Switzerland; by descent
to the present owner.
The so-called „Umlauf-Bilder“ (“Circu-
lating-Pictures”) of the Austrian painter
Drago Prelog, to which the present work
belongs, show the “traces of a sequence
of actions”. The artist returns several
times to the flat-lying canvas and follows
the circle, respectively the oval, time and
time again, thereby superposing layers of
colour and creating a thick “Umlauf-Spur”
or “Circulating-Trace”. The superimposing
of colours, the fine lines as well as the
sometimes almost thick application of
paint, constitute the uniqueness of this
work.
Born in 1939 in Slovenia, Prelog moved
with his parents to Austria. From 1954
to 1958, he attended the Bundesge-
werbeschule in Graz, focusing mainly on
decorative painting. From 1958 to 1962,
he studied at the Akademie der Bildenden
Künste where he has also held a chair
since 1969. Drago Prelog was awarded the
title of Professor in 1999.
CHF 6 000 / 8 000
(€ 5 560 / 7 410)