Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present a selection of works by Per Kirkeby, Markus Lüpertz, A.R. Penck and Peter Saul for the Art Basel Miami Beach Online Viewing Room.
Per Kirkeby (1938-2018) is an internationally celebrated Danish painter, sculptor, filmmaker and author, and his work has been the subject of many major museum retrospectives worldwide. An exhibition of his bronze sculptures is currently on display at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humelbaek, and another exhibition of his paintings and bronzes opened this week at Michael Werner Gallery, East Hampton.
Painter and sculptor Markus Lüpertz (b. 1941, Liberec, Bohemia) has been exhibiting his work internationally for over fifty years. Important recent retrospective surveys have been shown at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; and Haus der Kunst, Munich. An exhibition of his recent paintings will be open at Michael Werner Gallery, London in 2021. Lüpertz lives and works in Berlin, Karlsruhe, Düsseldorf, and Florence.
A.R. Penck (1939-2017) is one of the most influential artists to emerge from the post-war period. Born Ralf Winkler in Dresden, East Germany, he adopted the pseudonym "A.R. Penck" in 1968 to counter his recurring difficulties with East German authorities and to be able to show his work in West Germany. A.R. Penck has been the subject of many major museum retrospectives worldwide, most recently in the exhibition A.R. Penck: How It Works which was on view at Gemeentemuseum, The Hague earlier this year.
Peter Saul (b. 1934, San Francisco, California) has exhibited his work internationally for sixty years. His works are found in numerous museum collections. Recent exhibitions have been held at the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt; Les Abattoirs, Toulouse; and Le Delta, Namur. The critically acclaimed retrospective Crime and Punishment is currently on view at the New Museum, New York until next year. Saul lives and works in Germantown, New York.
Per Kirkeby
“Herbst-Anastasia VII (Autumn-Anastasia VII)”, 1997
Oil on canvas
78 3/4 x 67 inches
200 x 170 cm
PK 859
Per Kirkeby
"Modell zwei Arme I (Model Two Arms I)", 1981
Bronze
From an edition of 6 + 1 AP
11 x 15 x 7 1/2 inches
28 x 38 x 19 cm
PKK 4/5
Per Kirkeby
“Kopf und Arm I (Head and Arm I)”, 1985
Bronze
From an edition of 6 + 1 AP
20 1/2 x 4 x 12 1/2 inches
52 x 10 x 32 cm
PKK 54/4
Per Kirkeby
"Liegender Arm-Kopf (Lying Arm-Head)", 1986
Bronze
From an edition of 6 + 1 AP
19 3/4 x 27 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches
50 x 70 x 40 cm
PKK 68/1
Per Kirkeby
"Untitled", ca. 1981-1984
Charcoal, pastel, watercolor on paper
31 x 41 1/2 inches
78.5 x 105.5 cm
PKZ 3114
Per Kirkeby
"Untitled", ca. 1995
Pencil, charcoal, pastel, crayon, watercolor on paper
25 1/2 x 39 inches
65 x 99 cm
PKZ 3209
Markus Lüpertz
“Märkische Allee III”, 2017
Mixed media on canvas in artist’s frame
55 x 82 3/4 inches
140 x 210 cm
ML 2292
Markus Lüpertz
“Nymphe (Meer)”, 2018
Mixed media on canvas in artist’s frame
39 1/4 x 32 inches
100 x 81 cm
ML 2301
Markus Lüpertz
“Ecce Homo (Behold the Man)”, 2020
Mixed media on canvas in artist’s frame
78 3/4 x 118 inches
200 x 300 cm
ML 2359
Markus Lüpertz
“Jasons Abschied (Jason’s Farewell)”, 2020
Mixed media on canvas in artist’s frame
78 3/4 x 102 1/4 inches
200 x 260 cm
ML 2362
A.R. Penck
“Landung auf einem Planeten (Landing on a Planet)”
1983
Acrylic on canvas
70 3/4 x 118 inches
180 x 300 cm
RP 417
A.R. Penck
"Ungewissheit (Uncertainty)", 2011
Acrylic on canvas
51 1/4 x 63 inches
130 x 160 cm
RP 1153
A.R. Penck
“Drachen (Dragon)”, 1987
Patinated bronze
From an edition 6 + 1 AP
13 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches
35 x 40 x 22 cm
RPP 119/3
A.R. Penck
"Westdeutsche Wirtschaft (West-German Economy)", 1990
Patinated bronze
From an edition of 3 + 1 AP
34 1/4 x 33 3/4 x 20 1/2 inches
87 x 86 x 52 cm
RPP 289/2
Peter Saul
“Fort Defiance”, 2008
Acrylic, oil on canvas
54 x 95 3/4 inches
162.5 x 243 cm
SAU 24
