Grützke, Johannes Weibliche Brüste von vorn. 1985.... Lot n° 139

German Post War Grützke, Johannes Female breasts from the front. 1985. pastel chalk on gray-brown wrapping paper. 100 x 99.5 cm. Signed and dated "4.7.1985" upper right. Mounted in spots on support and framed under glass. There verso with gallery label of Galerie KK - Klaus Kiefer, Essen with work details. - Punctual pinholes along the margins as traces of former mounting. Lower margin slightly irregularly trimmed due to the work. Isolated marginal tears (the longest approx. 1.5 cm) and few traces of handling. Colors fixed. No retouching visible under UV. Overall good. Large-format drawing in splendid, vivid colors, boldly and animatedly applied. We would like to thank Mr. Jörg Horn for valuable information. The work is listed in the catalog raisonné (studio book) Johannes Grützke. - The model shown is Carolin Weihrauch. - Johannes Grützke dealt with female nudes in every phase of his oeuvre and explicitly in his drawings. The always extraordinarily sculpturally modeled bodies testify to a lively lightness and can be evaluated as examples of the painter's (classical) drawing art and technique. In our work, a female breast nude is densely composed and larger than life. In Grützke's manner, the realistic design is heightened by exaggerated irony, which creates something artificial and absurd, thus revealing a virtuoso dramaturgy that goes far beyond the conventional, classical design possibilities of the portrait genre and dares to do so. Grützke's works are by no means to be understood as satire, rather they show his great, unbroken interest in being human and demonstrate the way in which the painter approaches his model. Pastel chalk on grayish-brown wrapping paper. Signed and dated upper right. Mounted in spots on underlying mat and framed under glass. - Punctual pinholes along the margins as traces of former mounting. Lower margin slightly irregularly trimmed due to the work. Isolated marginal tears (the longest approx. 1.5 cm) and few handling marks. Colors fixed. No visible retouching under UV. Good overall. Large-format drawing in splendid, lively colors, powerfully and animatedly applied.