Oil on canvas. Monogrammed and dated in the bottom right. Signed, dated “1991/12” and titled on the reverse of the stretcher. 60 x 80 cm. . [CH].
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- Wolfgang Mattheuer is one of the founders and key figures of the Leipzig School. Mattheuer's titles often point to the supposed interpretation of his paintings. In the present work, the artist creates a moment of confusion by not matching the shape of the shadows on the lawn to the shape of the surrounding plants. - Domesticated nature, alienated by man, is one of the recurring motifs in the artist's work. - Wolfgang Mattheuer's paintings are part of important museum collections such as the Berlin Nationalgalerie, the Städel Museum, Frankfurt a. Main, the Kunsthalle Hamburg, the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, and the mumok / Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna.
LITERATURE: Stefanie Michels (ed.), Wolfgang Mattheuer. Bilder als Botschaft. Catalogue raisonné of paintings 1950-2003, Leipzig/Frankfurt a. Main/Berlin 2017, cat. rais. no. G 91/19 (illustrated) - - Van Ham Kunstauktionen, Cologne, 295th auction, Contemporary Art, December 2, 2010, lot 400 (illustrated on p. 121).

Sächsisches Kunstwerk, Leipzig. Private collection, Baden-Württemberg (acquired in 2010)

A colorful, expressive work in very good condition. The flowers are quite impasto in places. The bottom left corner is somewhat rubbed. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of our knowledge and belief.