Tag um Tag guter Tag. 1993.
Oil on canvas.
The serial number “795” scratched into the wet paint in the top center. Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse of the canvas. 25 x 20 cm (9.8 x 7.8 in). [CH].

The Barcode of Life - The Hans Braun Collection
More works from the collection are offered in our Contemporary Art Day Sale on Saturday, December 7, 2024.

• From Peter Dreher's best-known series of “Tag um Tag guter Tag” (Day after day, a good day).
• From 1972, the artist regularly painted an empty water glass (in original size) on a white table in front of a light background.
• “Tag um Tag guter Tag” manifests a unique perspective in contemporary painting by placing emphasis on simplicity, repetition and everyday life.
• Paintings from this important series are in the collections of the Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, and the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe.

PROVENANCE: Hans Braun Collection, Baden-Württemberg.

"I simply followed my penchant for repetition, for consistency, for the same thing over and over again. I don't know where this basic need comes from. [..] If I have the opportunity to paint a glass, then I have a good day: when I am allowed to paint a glass."
Peter Dreher, quoted from: Andreas Main, "Ich liebe die Ich-Losigkeit“ (from the podcast "Profil"), April 10, 2014, https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/freistil-ich-liebe-die-ich-losigkeit-100.html.

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