Albert Oehlen

Albert Oehlen 1954 Am Wasser. 1985. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right. Titled "Am Wasser" on the reverse of the stretcher. 130 x 169.5 cm (51.1 x 66.7 in). [AR]. • Unmistakably radical and uncompromising: a painterly statement that deliberately subverts traditional imagery and ideals of beauty. • Reflections on the water— a symbol of introspection, truth, and beauty— turned upside down in Oehlen’s work and, stripped of narrative context, become an empty sign. • Bad Boys: Martin Kippenberger and Albert Oehlen shaped the art of an entire generation with their rebellious and provocative works. • From the artist’s sought-after creative period in the mid-1980s. • Acquired in the year of its creation; part of the Deutsche Bank Collection ever since. • Other works by the artist are in museums such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Tate Gallery, London; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. PROVENANCE: Deutsche Bank Collection (since 1985, Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne, with the label on the reverse). Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 17.09 h +/- 20 min.

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