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Karl Otto Götz - Acrylic on canvas
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Karl Otto Götz
Lezuk II, 2012
Acrylic on canvas
Starting bid:
€ 10,000
Estimate:
€ 12,000 - 18,000
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6
Karl Otto Götz
Lezuk II, 2012
Acrylic on canvas
Starting bid:
€ 10,000
Estimate:
€ 12,000 - 18,000
End: 09-15-26 15:02:00 Berlin
09-15-26 09:02:00 New York
09-15-26 06:02:00 Los Angeles (30 days, 02h:51m)

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 96,18 €,
within the EU countries 167,52 €,
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.


Karl Otto Götz
1914 - 2017
Lezuk II. 2012.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed in the lower left. Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse of the canvas. 65 x 65 cm (25.5 x 25.5 in). [AW].

• Striking, high-contrast work characterized by a distinctive gestural expressiveness and powerful brushwork.
• Karl Otto Götz is one of the leading figures of the German Informel.
• The artist's works featured in the exhibition “Sweeter than Honey” at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich through April 2026.
• Götz is represented in public collections of Contemporary Art such as Tate Modern in London, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, and the Kunstsammlungen Nordrhein-Westfalen, K 20, in Düsseldorf.

The work is registered in the online catalogue raisonné of canvas paintings of the K.O. Götz and Rissa Foundation under the number WVL-2012-11.

PROVENANCE: The artist’s studio.
Private collection, Hamburg (gifted by the aforementioned).

In good condition, with vibrant colors. Isolated areas of slight rubbing. Slight craquelure in the lower right corner of the image, caused by the painting technique. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the aid of a UV light source, and to the best of our knowledge and belief.