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Luciano Castelli - Oil on canvas
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Luciano Castelli
Die Sonne macht geil, 1983
Oil on canvas
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Estimate:
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78
Luciano Castelli
Die Sonne macht geil, 1983
Oil on canvas
Starting bid:
€ 5,400
Estimate:
€ 6,000 - 8,000
End: 04-15-26 15:38:00 Berlin
04-15-26 09:38:00 New York
04-15-26 06:38:00 Los Angeles (30 days, 16h:10m)

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 84,68 €,
within the EU countries 156,02 €,
outside the EU countries 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.


Luciano Castelli
1951
Die Sonne macht geil. 1983.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated twice on the reverse. Titled on the stretcher. 100 x 80 cm (39.3 x 31.4 in). [EH].

• Participant in Documenta 5
• In the late 1970s, the “Neue Wilde” (New Wild Ones) brought new vitality to expressive, representational painting.
• Together with Salomé, Luciano Castelli founded the punk band “Geile Tiere” in 1979
• Works by Luciano Castelli can be found in the Kunstmuseum Basel and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, among others.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Érik Franck, Geneva.
Private collection, Paris.
Private collection, USA.
Private collection, Southern Germany (2008, Ketterer Kunst).

LITERATURE: Ketterer Kunst, Munich, Auction on May 14, 2004, lot 266
Ketterer Kunst, München, A 365 Post War / Contemporary Art, April 24, 2010, lot 741.

In good condition. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the aid of a UV light source and to the best of our knowledge and belief.