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Blinky Palermo

Leipzig 1943 – 1977 Kurumba, Maldives

Set: ”'who knows the beginning and who knows the end' I” /”'who knows the beginning and who knows the end' II”. 1976

Each acrylic on drawing paper, 2 sheets side by side mounted on cardboard. Each 29,6 × 20,9 cm (cardboard: 47,7 × 67,9 cm) and each 29,6 × 20,9 cm (cardboard: 48 × 68 cm) (11 ⅝ × 8 ¼ in. (cardboard: 18 ¾ × 26 ¾ in.) and each 11 ⅝ × 8 ¼ in. (cardboard: 18 ⅞ × 26 ¾ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Blinky Palermo. Set: ”'who knows the beginning and who knows the end' I” /”'who knows the beginning and who knows the end' II”. 1976.

Estimate:

EUR 100,000

 

- 140,000

USD 105,000

 

- 147,000

Sold for:

177,800 EUR (incl. premium)

Auction Winter 2023

Contemporary Art, Friday, 01.12.2023

Information

Each acrylic on drawing paper, 2 sheets side by side mounted on cardboard. Each 29,6 × 20,9 cm (cardboard: 47,7 × 67,9 cm) and each 29,6 × 20,9 cm (cardboard: 48 × 68 cm) (11 ⅝ × 8 ¼ in. (cardboard: 18 ¾ × 26 ¾ in.) and each 11 ⅝ × 8 ¼ in. (cardboard: 18 ⅞ × 26 ¾ in.)). Titled, signed and dated in pencil below: ‘who knows the beginning and who knows the end’ I Palermo 76 and titled, signed and dated in pencil below: ‘who knows the beginning and who knows the end’ II Palermo 76. Catalogue raisonné: Moeller 461 (here titled: „I Who knows the beginning and who knows the end?“) and Moeller 462 (here titled „II Who knows the beginning and who knows the end?“). Framed

Private Collection, Germany (1977 at Galerie Erhard Klein, Bonn, acquired, thence by descent to the present owner)

Erratum: In order to offer the works together, we provide the opportunity to purchase them as a set. The set contains lot numbers 806-807. Lots 806-807 will first be called individually. The knockdowns will be made with reservation. Afterwards, the set will be offered as lot number 807a.

The starting price is determined by the sum of the hammer prices previously achieved or the sum of the limits of the individual lots. If the set is bid for, the hammer prices of the individual lots shall be cancelled and the highest bidder of the set shall be given priority. If the lot is not bid for, the surcharges of the individual lots will take effect.

Zeichen setzen durch Zeichnen. Hamburg, Kunstverein, 1979, cat. no. 94, ill. p. 119 / Palermo. Bonn, Städtisches Kunstmuseum, 1981, cat. no. 72 a bzw b, ill. p. 39 / Palermo. Bonn, Kunstmuseum, 1994–95 ill. S.56–57 / Blinky Palermo. Leipzig, Museum der bildenden Künste; Munich, Kunstraum, 1993, cat. no. 73 bzw 74, ill. p. 111 / Palermo – Who knows the beginning and who knows the end. Münster, LWL-Landesmuseum for Kunst and Kulturgeschichte; St. Gallen, Kunstmuseum, 2011, cat. no. 46 bzw 47, ill. o. P. / Palermo: Works on Paper 1976–1977. New York, David Zwirner, 2013, cat. no. 19

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