Art (1945-contemporary) > Figurative Painting (40s-60s ) Georg Baselitz - Biography

Der Hirte. 1965.
Etching, drypoint, aquatint on zinc.
Jahn 28 2 (of 2). Signed, dated and numbered. Signed on printing plate. One of 60 copies. On wove paper. 31.8 x 23.5 cm (12.5 x 9.2 in). Sheet: 44 x 31,9 cm (17,3 x 12,5 in).
Released in Edition Heiner Friedrich, Munich 1972. [AW].
• Fien early sheet from Baselitz' print œuvre
• The barefoot friar emanates the aura of an existentialist pathos.
• During his stay at the Villa Romana in Florence in 1965, the artist conceived the iconic work groups 'Helden' and 'Neue Typen'.
PROVENANCE: Private collection.
Private collection Brandenburg (acquired from the above in 2000).
LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 349th auction, Kunst nach 1945, June 8, 2000, cat. no. 535 (with illu.).
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