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Gotthard Graubner

Erlbach/Vogtland 1930 – 2013 Düsseldorf

Untitled (Sponge Gouache). 1980

Gouache on three sheets of paper, mounted on masonite. 116 × 235 cm. (45 ⅝ × 92 ½ in..).
This picture shows the following artwork: Gotthard Graubner. Untitled (Sponge Gouache). 1980.

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This picture shows the following artwork: Gotthard Graubner. Untitled (Sponge Gouache). 1980.
This picture shows the following artwork: Gotthard Graubner. Untitled (Sponge Gouache). 1980.

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This picture shows the following artwork: Gotthard Graubner. Untitled (Sponge Gouache). 1980.
This picture shows the following artwork: Gotthard Graubner. Untitled (Sponge Gouache). 1980.

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This picture shows the following artwork: Gotthard Graubner. Untitled (Sponge Gouache). 1980.

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EUR 40,000

 

- 60,000

USD 44,900

 

- 67,400

Auction 380

Friday, 27.11.2026, 4:00 PM

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Gouache on three sheets of paper, mounted on masonite. 116 × 235 cm. (45 ⅝ × 92 ½ in..). Accompanied by a written confirmation of the Gotthard Graubner Archives from 16.10.2026. The Gotthard Graubner Archive intends to include this work in the catalogue raisonné of Gotthard Graubner. [3175] In artist's frame

Formerly Galerie Art in Progress, Munich (to circa 1979) / Private Collection (acquired in 2016 by the present owner from the above-mentioned)

For us as viewers, it feels as though we were present in the artist Gotthard Graubner’s studio, witnessing the action first-hand. Beyond the impressive sponge gouache itself, traces of fingerprints, shoeprints and splashes of paint allow us to retrace the process. The extraordinary size of the sponge required the artist to use three large sheets of heavy paper to transfer the paint absorbed by the sponge. No brushstrokes or visible applications of paint distract from the cosmic, deep-red iridescence of this three-part work, whose scale and luminosity are exceptionally rare in Gotthard Graubner’s oeuvre. AGT

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