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Penck, A.R., i.e. Ralf Winkler
1939 Dresden - 2017 Zurich.
Untitled. Girl.
Around 1952/53. Watercolour on strong wove paper. Signed lower right. Verso inscribed presumably by a different hand «Ralf Winkler jetzt Penck 60s (1966) (Ralf Winkler now Penck 60s 1966)» and «signiert am 23.8.92 zur Eröffnung der
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In 1966 Ralf Winkler decided to work under the pseudonym A.R. Penck. He chose this name after the geologist and ice age researcher Albrecht Penck. This early work, probably created between 1952 and 1953, was signed by the artist on occasion of his solo exhibition «A.R. Penck in Dresden, Analyse einer Situation (A.R. Penck, Analysis of a Situation)» in 1992, which the artist conceptualised himself and showed works that had never been seen before.
We would like to thank Mr Tobias Bäumer, Galerie Michael Werner, Berlin, for the kind remarks via
Provenance: private collection Markgräflerland.
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