Lot No. 231


Jiri (Georg) Dokoupil *


(born in Krnov in 1954)
Columbus egg (Das Ei des Columbus), 1984–86, signed dokoupil (in the middle of the painting), again signed, dated on the reverse Dokoupil 1984–86, acrylic, small golden and silver metal plates on canvas, 145 x 240 cm, framed

We are grateful to Jiri Dokoupil for the information he has kindly provided on this work.

Provenance:
Sale Van Ham, Cologne, 30 November 2007, lot 1491
Sale Piasa, Paris, 10 June 2008, lot 183
Sale Ketterer Kunst, 4 December 2008, lot 719
Private Collection Germany - acquired from the above by the previous owner

My rejection of any form of programming in my art, probably has something to do with the fact that I grew up in Czechoslovakia: this made me mistrustful of any dogma or predetermination

Jiri Dokoupil, „Deutsche Kunst, hier heute“, in Kunstforum, December 1981/January 1982, p. 121.

Specialist: Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers
+49 211 2107747

petra.schaepers@dorotheum.de

29.11.2023 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 65,000.-
Estimate:
EUR 60,000.- to EUR 80,000.-

Jiri (Georg) Dokoupil *


(born in Krnov in 1954)
Columbus egg (Das Ei des Columbus), 1984–86, signed dokoupil (in the middle of the painting), again signed, dated on the reverse Dokoupil 1984–86, acrylic, small golden and silver metal plates on canvas, 145 x 240 cm, framed

We are grateful to Jiri Dokoupil for the information he has kindly provided on this work.

Provenance:
Sale Van Ham, Cologne, 30 November 2007, lot 1491
Sale Piasa, Paris, 10 June 2008, lot 183
Sale Ketterer Kunst, 4 December 2008, lot 719
Private Collection Germany - acquired from the above by the previous owner

My rejection of any form of programming in my art, probably has something to do with the fact that I grew up in Czechoslovakia: this made me mistrustful of any dogma or predetermination

Jiri Dokoupil, „Deutsche Kunst, hier heute“, in Kunstforum, December 1981/January 1982, p. 121.

Specialist: Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers
+49 211 2107747

petra.schaepers@dorotheum.de


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Auction: Contemporary Art I
Auction type: Saleroom auction with Live Bidding
Date: 29.11.2023 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 18.11. - 29.11.2023


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