Modern, Post-War, Contemporary Art

Live Virtual Auction, 7 - 8 November 2021

Day Sale

Sold for

ZAR 113 800
Lot 75
  • Jonathan Meese; Der Sensenmann (Ich bezeuge Deine Volksseele)
  • Jonathan Meese; Der Sensenmann (Ich bezeuge Deine Volksseele)
  • Jonathan Meese; Der Sensenmann (Ich bezeuge Deine Volksseele)
  • Jonathan Meese; Der Sensenmann (Ich bezeuge Deine Volksseele)
  • Jonathan Meese; Der Sensenmann (Ich bezeuge Deine Volksseele)
  • Jonathan Meese; Der Sensenmann (Ich bezeuge Deine Volksseele)
  • Jonathan Meese; Der Sensenmann (Ich bezeuge Deine Volksseele)
  • Jonathan Meese; Der Sensenmann (Ich bezeuge Deine Volksseele)


Lot Estimate
ZAR 120 000 - 180 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 113 800

About this Item

Japanese/German 1970-
Der Sensenmann (Ich bezeuge Deine Volksseele)

signed and dated 2004; signed, inscribed with the date and the title on the reverse; inscribed with the artist's name, the title, the date and the medium on a Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, Berlin, label adhered to the reverse

oil on canvas
80 by 60cm excluding frame; 82 by 62 by 6cm including frame

Notes

German conceptual artist Jonathan Meese likes to play with colour, like a dance. Born in Tokyo in 1970 to an English father and a German mother, Meese grew up in Hamburg and embarked on a career as a professional artist around the time of his 22nd birthday. Influenced initially by Picasso and Dali, the ever-enthusiastic Meese, who describes himself as an ‘animal for art’ and a ‘servant to art’, is known for his controversial conceptual paintings, sculptures, performances and installations. Stylistically garish, Meese uses collage, photography, found objects, thick paints, crayons, ink and watercolour. In his own words, ‘Art is above everything, Art never produces victims, Art is what survives.’

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