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Werner Berges
Sitting on a Chair, 1979
Acrylic on canvas
Starting bid:
€ 8,000
Estimate:
€ 10,000 - 15,000
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100
Werner Berges
Sitting on a Chair, 1979
Acrylic on canvas
Starting bid:
€ 8,000
Estimate:
€ 10,000 - 15,000
End: 07-15-26 15:49:00 Berlin
07-15-26 09:49:00 New York
07-15-26 06:49:00 Los Angeles (29 days, 16h:11m)

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 153,60 €,
within the EU countries 466,95 €,
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.


Werner Berges
1941 - 2017
Sitting on a Chair. 1979.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed and dated in the center right. On the reverse, signed and dated twice on the canvas, titled, marked with the work number, and bearing a previous, crossed-out inscription. 130 x 150 cm (51.1 x 59 in).
[AR].
• Early work by one of the leading figures of German Pop.
• Striking, pop-inspired visual language with high recognition value.
• Offered on the international auction market for the first time (source: artprice.com).

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Lower Saxony (acquired directly from the artist in 1982).
In the family’s possession ever since.

EXHIBITION: Heinz Ohff, Hans H. Hofstätter, Werner Berges. Bilder und Zeichnungen 1965–1981, Pliezhausen 1984, cat. no. 47 (with color ill. p. 58).

The unprimed canvas has faint brown spots and small brown inclusions, the inclusions are likely due to the material. There are isolated small brown spots on the paint surface, some of which are paint and studio marks. In the center of the left section of the painting, there is very faint, scattered craquelure. Under UV light, small light spots glow in the painted areas, which are only very faintly visible in daylight. The condition report was prepared in daylight and with the aid of a UV light source to the best of my knowledge and belief.