Driver 8. 2001.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse. 130 x 90 cm (51.1 x 35.4 in).
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• From the series “Driver”, which was exhibited in Cologne and Porto in the year of its creation.
• Despite a perspective that focuses on the object, the scene tells more than the eye can see and encourages observers to fill in the narrative themselves.
• With his cool aesthetics and typical flat application of paint, Eberhard Havekost is one of the most internationally sought-after German painters of his generation.
• Works by the artist are in possession of important public collections such as the Tate Modern London, the Museum of Modern Art New York, the Städel Museum Frankfurt/Main, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Musée d'Art Moderne Paris or the MOCA Los Angeles.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Gebrüder Lehmann, Berlin (with the stamp on the reverse)
Marc Jancou Fine Art, New York.
Raymond J. Learsy Collection, New York (with the label on the reverse).

EXHIBITION: Eberhard Havekost, Martin Honert - Driver, Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, March 23 - April 28, 2001.
Eberhard Havekost, Driver, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, July 14 - October 14, 2001 (illu.).

LITERATURE: Heiner Bastian, Eberhard Havekost. Benutzeroberfläche / User Interface, Munich 2007, p. 37, no. 18 (illu. in color).

In good condition. Very minimal rubbing along the edges of the image in places. The condition report was compiled in daylight and with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of knowledge and belief.