Gustav Kluge
1947
Kontakt zwischen zwei Populationen. 1989.
Mixed media. Woodcut and paint on collaged paper.
Signed, numbered, and titled “K.Z.Z.P.” in the lower right. From an edition of 6 Roman-numbered copies. 185 x 136 cm (72.8 x 53.5 in). [JS].

• Painting his emotions off his chest: Kluge is a master of psychologically charged figuration.
• Kluge’s series “Contact Between Two Populations” symbolizes the existential themes of attraction and distance, of separation and connection.
• In 2012, the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in Ludwigshafen presented the major retrospective “Gustav Kluge. Egocinema”.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne.
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 1990).

In good condition. In good condition. Not unframed for cataloging. Due to the nature of the technique, the work features folds, collaged and decollaged elements, and irregularly cut edges, however, these are part of the work and do not constitute damage.
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