Hermann Nitsch - Contemporary Art Day Sale London Wednesday, October 12, 2011 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Galerie Julius Hummel, Vienna

  • Exhibited

    Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst, Der Hang zum Gesamtkunstwerk, 10 September – 13 November 1983; Bologna, Galleria Comunale d’arte moderna, Arte Austriaca 1960–1984, 4 June – 31 August 1984; Rome, Palazzo Braschi, Artisti Austriaci a Roma 1964–1996, 12 April – 23 May 1996; London, The Saatchi Gallery, The Triumph of Painting, 26 January – 30 October 2005

  • Literature

    B. Schwabsky, ed., The Triumph of Painting: The Saatchi Gallery, London: Jonathan Cape, 2005, p. 88–89; P. Weibel and C. Steinle, eds., Identität: Differenz: Tribüne Trigon 1940–1990 – Eine Topografie der Moderne, exh. cat., Graz: Grazer Druckerei, 1992, p. 69; Oscar Sandner, Artisti Austriaci a Roma – Rom suchen, 1964–1996, Folio Verlag, Vienna-Bozen, 1996, p. 112; Peter Weiermair, Arte Austriaca 1960–1984, Galleria Comunale d’arte moderna, Bologna:Grafis Edizioni, p. 65

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Actionpainting - Fresco

1981
Fresco in three parts: plaster, bamboo, oil and acrylic on panel with ancient Roman head.
Left panel: 202 × 112.7 cm (79 1/2 × 44 3/8 in); centre panel: 202 × 114 cm (79 1/2 × 44 7/8 in); right panel: 202 × 112.7 cm (79 1/2 × 44 3/8 in); Roman head: approx. 33 × 22.5 × 19.5 cm (12 7/8 × 8 7/8 × 7 5/8 in).

Estimate
£20,000 - 30,000 ♠†

Sold for £25,000

Contemporary Art Day Sale

13 October 2011
London