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Mul, Bul, Dang and Sentimentality

Artist A. R. Penck (German, 1939 - 2017)
Publisher Landfall Press (American)
Date1988
MediumColor woodcut on paper
DimensionsImage: 29 3/8 × 21 3/4 inches (74.61 × 55.25 cm)
Sheet: 34 13/16 × 27 inches (88.42 × 68.58 cm)
Credit LineGift of Kathryn Ashenbrenner
Object numberF94-8
Signed(bottom margin, l.r., in pencil): "AR. Penck"
Edition/State/Proof1 of 600
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DescriptionOn dark brownish-black ground, two facing vertical forms composed of strokes of variable length, chiefly white but with red at top and bottom, left and right, and with zone of blue lines between them, extending lower right to left, above center. White forms are crossed at random by black, and red, and blue streaks. Background contains lighter and darker black areas of striation.
Copyright© Estate of A.R. Penck / Galerie Michael Werner, New York-Cologne
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