Vogelbaum. 1983.
Synthetic resin on jute.
Signed and dated on the reverse. 270 x 210 cm (106.2 x 82.6 in). [AW].

• Monumental work from the “Man and Beast” series.
• Bernd Koberling is an important pioneer of the “Neue Wilde”.
• As a key representative of neo-expressionist painting, Koberling's works were shown in acclaimed exhibitions at the Royal Academy in London (1981) and the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin (1982).
• The artist's works are part of renowned international collections like the Sprengel Museum, Hanover, the ARoS Art Museum, Aarhus, the Hamburger Kunsthalle and the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Listed on the artist's official homepage.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Crone, Hamburg.
Onnasch, Berlin (acquired from the above in 1983; with the label on reverse).

EXHIBITION: Bernd Koberling, Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, May 20-June 18, 1983, p. 15.
Galerie Origen y visión, Centre Cultural de la Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, April 5 - May 6, 1984; Palacio Vélazquez, Madrid, May 21 - July 29, 1984, p. 115.
Die wiedergefundene Metropole. Neue Malerei in Berlin, Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, September 21 - November 4, 1984; Cultural Department of Bayer AG, Leverkusen, November 18 - December 16, 1984.
Der unverbrauchte Blick. Kunst unserer Zeit in Berliner Sicht. Eine Ausstellung aus Privatsammlungen in Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, January 29 - April 5, 1987 (verso of the stretcher with an exhibition label).
Bernd Koberling, Kunstsammlung Nordhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, April 27 - June 16 1991; The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, June 26 - September 15 1991, cat. no. 39 (verso of the stretcher with an exhibition label).
Bernd Koberling, El Sourdog Hex, Berlin, September 10 - October 27, 2007.

LITERATURE: Bernhard Kerber, Rainer Borgemeister, Bestände Onnasch, Berlin/Bremen 1992, p. 257.
El Sourdog Hex (ed.), Nineteen Artists, Berlin 2010, p. 60 (illu.).

In good condition, colors in fine impression. Slightly rubbed in places of the outer edges of the image.