Dec 11, 2020

Ketterer Kunst

Stage. 1981. Acrylic on canvas. Signed, dated and titled on verso of the canvas. 160.5 x 130 cm (63.1 x 51.1 in). The person depicted on front is slightly visible in an outline drawing on verso. [CH]. • Around 1980 Middendorf made several works about the stage presence of musicians and singers, as well as the energy of Berlin's nightlife. • "Electric Night", another work from this creative period, is possession of the Städel Museum in Frankfurt / Main. • With dynamic, expressive brushwork and bright colors, Middendorf makes rock music a visual experience. • "Make it big, make it loud, do it rough, make it bright." (Helmut Middendorf). PROVENANCE: Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia. Private collection Southenr Gerrmany (acquired from aforementioned in 2010). "I have always been fascinated by motion, by a certian tension in the picture, to create this tension, to charge it, to charge the colors, and especially to work in bright colors. [..] If you confront the observer with three square meters of red something physical will happen, the blood pressure will rise, which has been proven." Helmut Middendorf, 2015 in an interview with the Städel Museum Called up: December 11, 2020 - ca. 15.50 h +/- 20 min.

Nov 26, 2020

Dorotheum

signed, titled and dated on the reverse, oil on canvas, 100 x 70 cm

Nov 26, 2020

Dorotheum

titled, signed, dated on the reverse Middendorf 88, oil on canvas, 162.5 x 130 cm, framed

Nov 26, 2020

Dorotheum

signed, titled and dated, tempera on thin cardboard, 70 x 99.5 cm, framed

Nov 26, 2020

Dorotheum

signed and dated; signed and dated on the reverse, collage and acrylic on thin cardboard applied on canvas, 140 x 110 cm

Jul 15, 2020

Phillips

Jun 25, 2020

Dorotheum

Jun 17, 2020

Bukowskis

Jun 4, 2020

Phillips

Mar 31, 2020

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