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Claus Otto Paeffgen - Acrylic on canvas
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Claus Otto Paeffgen
Ohne Titel, 1984
Acrylic on canvas
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Estimate:
€ 10,000 - 12,000
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19
Claus Otto Paeffgen
Ohne Titel, 1984
Acrylic on canvas
Starting bid:
€ 9,000
Estimate:
€ 10,000 - 12,000
End: 04-15-26 15:09:00 Berlin
04-15-26 09:09:00 New York
04-15-26 06:09:00 Los Angeles (30 days, 17h:06m)

Please enter your maximum bid, it will only be used to the extent necessary to beat the next best bid.
Bid plus 34 % buyer's premium (differential taxation without separate VAT statement, sales tax certificate upon request) and droit de suite charge without VAT.
Self pick-up: free of charge,
Nonstandard size: shipping on request.


After entering your maximum bid you will be able to check your entry and you will be provided with further information. Only after a further confirmation your bid will be binding.


Claus Otto Paeffgen
1933 - 2019
Ohne Titel. 1984.
Acrylic on canvas.
Monogrammed and dated in the upper right. 170 x 110 cm (66.9 x 43.3 in).
[MH].

• Large-format portrait in the artist's unmistakable style.
• Paeffgen distorts real photographs, so that his reduced works provoke thought.
• Claus Otto Paeffgen's creations are on display in renowned museums, including the Museum Folkwang, Essen, the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, and the Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Werle, Cologne
Private collection, Hamburg (through donation within the family).

EXHIBITION: C. O. Paeffgen, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, May 2 - June 7, 1987, cat. no. 17 (illustrated), (with a shipping label on the reverse of the stretcher).

In good condition. Minimally soiled in places and with a slight color adhesion in the area of the tie, visible under UV light. The canvas is mounted on a second canvas. The upper stretcher bar is missing. The condition report was compiled in daylight and with the help of a UV light source to the best of our knowledge and belief.