Konrad Lueg

Konrad Lueg 1939 - 1996 Frau. 1965. Casein on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse. Inscribed with the artist’s address on the stretcher. 195.5 x 144.5 cm (76.9 x 56.8 in). In the artist’s original stretcher. [JS]. • GERMAN POP Along with Gerhard Richter and Sigmar Polke, Lueg was a leading figure of the New Figuration movement of the 1960s. • VERY RARE To date, only 14 of the artist’s paintings have been offered on the international auction market. • PATTERN PAINTING From the legendary small group of works, an ironic commentary on German philistinism. • MUSEUM QUALITY Lueg’s paintings are largely held in museums, including the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, and the Dallas Museum of Art. • EXCELLENT PROVENANCE Directly from the artist to the collection of Berlin gallery owner René Block, a legendary patron of the German postwar avant-garde. PROVENANCE: From the artist’s studio. Block Collection, Berlin (directly from the above, until after 2000). Private collection, Berlin (directly from the above). EXHIBITION: Nieuwe Figuratie, Gemeentelijke Van Reekum Galerij, Apeldoorn, 1965. Junge Generation. Maler und Bildhauer in Deutschland, Academy of Arts, Berlin, 1966. Figurationen, Kunstverein Stuttgart, 1967, cat. no. 105 (with a label on the stretcher). Ich nenne mich als Maler Konrad Lueg, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, Sept. 12–Oct. 31, 1999; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Nov. 14, 1999–Jan. 16, 2000; Stedelijk Museum voor Actuelle Kunst, Ghent, Jan. 13–Apr. 2, 2000, cat. no. 54 (with ill.). LITERATURE: Thomas Kellein, Daniel Marzona, Ich nenne mich als Maler Konrad Lueg, Bielefeld 1999, p. 91, CR no. 54 (with ill.). Called up: December 4, 2026 - ca. 17.38 h +/- 20 min.

Estimate:£116,806.48

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