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Jannis Kounellis - Pencil
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Jannis Kounellis
Verso la colina, 1991
Pencil
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178
Jannis Kounellis
Verso la colina, 1991
Pencil
Starting bid:
€ 3,000
Estimate:
€ 4,000 - 6,000
End: 07-15-26 16:28:00 Berlin
07-15-26 10:28:00 New York
07-15-26 07:28:00 Los Angeles (29 days, 20h:44m)

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,
insured shipping:
within Germany 61,04 €,
within the EU countries 109,27 €,
outside the EU countries on request.


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Jannis Kounellis
1936 - 2017
Verso la colina. 1991.
Pencil.
Titled in the lower left corner. On laid paper (with a torn edge on the side). 24 x 32.5 cm (9.4 x 12.7 in), size of sheet. [EH].

• Jannis Kounellis is a co-founder of Arte Povera.
• His drawings reflect his conceptual approach.
• In a poetic way, the drawing represents the creative process.
• Participant in documenta 5 (1972) and documenta 7 (1982) in Kassel.
• Between 1974 and 2013, Kounellis was represented at the Venice Biennale eight times.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Lelong, Zürich
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the aforementioned in 1991).

LITERATURE: Jannis Kounellis, Ein Magnet im Freien. Schriften und Gespräche 1966 - 1989, Bern 1992, illustrated on p. 45.

In very good condition.