André Butzer - INTERSECT: Online Auction Hong Kong Thursday, March 24, 2022 | Phillips

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  • With inflated faces donning hollowed-out eyes and teeth-baring grins, the disquieting cast of biomorphic figures that animate German-painter André Butzer’s colourful pictorial world are internationally celebrated, found in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art in New York; and Yuz Museum in Shanghai, among numerous others.

     

    Jean Dubuffet, Portrait of Henri Michaux, 1947
    The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York
    © 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

     

    Created a year prior to Butzer’s move to California—where the artist still lives and works—Untitled exemplifies his self-coined ‘Science Fiction Expressionism’ style, which evokes the colour range of Edvard Munch, Philip Guston’s cartoon-esque markmaking, and the raw, primitive renderings of Jean Dubuffet’s Art Brut.

     

    Having exhibited widely since his 2003 debut with Galerie Max Hetzler, Butzer has been the subject of institutional solo exhibitions around the world, including at the Yuz Museum, Shanghai; Kunsthalle Nuremberg; and Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover. His top result at auction was recently achieved by Phillips in New York in October 2021

    • Provenance

      Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles
      Acquired from the above by the present owner

    • Literature

      Nino Mier, ed., André Butzer: Works on Paper 2001–2019, Bielefeld/Berlin, 2019, no. 74, p. 163 (illustrated)

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Untitled

signed and dated 'A. Butzer '17' lower right
crayon and pencil on paper
sheet 20.7 x 14.7 cm. (8 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.)
frame 36.5 x 30 cm. (14 3/8 x 11 3/4 in.)

Executed in 2017, this work is registered in the André Butzer Archive.

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Estimate
HK$20,000 - 40,000 
€2,300-4,600
$2,600-5,100

Sold for HK$75,600

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Online Auction 24 - 31 March 2022