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3430 PER KIRKEBY(Copenhagen 1938 - lives and works in
Copenhagen)
Bezzo. 1990.
Gouache, pastel, pencil and wax crayon on
paper.
Monogrammed, dated and titled lower
right: Bezzo 30-9-90 PK. On the reverse
with the archive number: GMWPkz 1542.
79 x 105 cm.
Provenance:
- Galerie Michael Werner.
- Acquired fromGalerie Lelong, Zurich, by
the present owner in 1990 (with the label
on the reverse).
- Since then privately owned Switzerland.
Exhibition: Zurich 1991, Per Kirkeby. Ohne
Titel, Galerie Lelong, April-May 1991.
Per Kirkeby is a Danish painter, sculptor,
filmmaker and poet and is considered
one of the most important contempora-
ry artists in Scandinavia. Born in 1938 in
Copenhagen, a trained geologist, in 1962
he began his studies at the Experimen-
tal Art School in Copenhagen, which he
completed in 1964. His first important
solo show abroad took place in 1977 at
the Museum Folkwang in Essen. His works
were later shown throughout Europe and
the US.
As an artist, Kirkeby is very open to expe-
rimentation and works in various media
and techniques. When he started out he
was a member of the Fluxus group, in the
1960s he was influenced by Pop Art and
later by Tachisme and Art Informel. These
different influences are revealed in the
changes of style in his art. By the 1970s he
had left behind the eye-catching stylistic
devices of Pop Art, and turned increa-
singly from representational art towards
abstraction. The power and flow of his
brushwork led to a sensual modelling and
a dramatic, poetic character in his works.
These are not spontaneous and emotional
gestures however, but in fact controlled
and well-considered compositions and
forms of expression.
CHF 5 000 / 8 000
(€ 4 630 / 7 410)