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.