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Winterauktionen 24.–25.11.2023
Hurzlmeier, Rudi
Born 1952 Mallersdorf, lives and works in Munich.
«Pieper (piper)».
Acrylic on wove paper. Signed lower right. Verso mounted on backing paper, the latter with the artist's stamp.
H 51,5, W 38 cm (passepartout),
H 55,7, W 42,3 cm (sheet). Framed.
«No amount of pleading will help, no amount of gnashing of teeth,
But maybe cherries will.»
Harry Rowohlt's verse to Rudi Hurzlmeier's «Pieper» first appeared in the book «Happy Birds-Day», which has been published in numerous editions since 2004. «Pieper» appears on both the title and the back cover of the little book, which takes up all-too-human themes with heartbreakingly funny depictions of birds, always accompanied or accentuated by Harry Rowohlt's rhymes. The green lady bird with her jaunty red pumps and pleading eyes, familiar to many from the publication, here now in the original.
Quote from: Rudi Hurzlmeier, Harry Rowohlt, Happy Birds-Day, Leipzig 2004, back title.
Authentication: We would like to thank the artist for the authentication via e-mail, based on photos, 17.09.2023.
Provenance: private collection Markgräflerland.

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