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Head Sign

Rainer Kriester (Plauen 1935 - Vendone, Italien 2002)


Head Sign

Lot-No. 637

Proceeds : 2.100 €


2001. Stone (pietra di Finale bianca). H. 21 cm. Inscribed by hand on the underside WV 1599/2000 Agli amici Gerd und Christine 7/7/2001 monogr. RK. Abstract blocky head with small mouth, incised eye, lineations and hieratic signs - Expertise: Cat.rais. 1599 - Provenance: Private collection Hamburg - German painter and sculptor, studied at the Berlin Art Academy from 1961 and lived in Vendone, Liguria from 1982. His work focuses on abstracted heads, such as the 'Great White Head Sign' in the Chancellery in Berlin (1984-87), inn 1996/97 he created a series of 140 sculptures under the titles "Viaggio in Africa I" and "Viaggio in Africa II", in 1997/98 in New York the large bronze 'Segni solari'.

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Rainer Kriester: Head Sign


Rainer Kriester (Plauen 1935 - Vendone, Italien 2002)

Head Sign

Lot-No. 637

Proceeds : 2.100 €

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2001. Stone (pietra di Finale bianca). H. 21 cm. Inscribed by hand on the underside WV 1599/2000 Agli amici Gerd und Christine 7/7/2001 monogr. RK. Abstract blocky head with small mouth, incised eye, lineations and hieratic signs - Expertise: Cat.rais. 1599 - Provenance: Private collection Hamburg - German painter and sculptor, studied at the Berlin Art Academy from 1961 and lived in Vendone, Liguria from 1982. His work focuses on abstracted heads, such as the 'Great White Head Sign' in the Chancellery in Berlin (1984-87), inn 1996/97 he created a series of 140 sculptures under the titles "Viaggio in Africa I" and "Viaggio in Africa II", in 1997/98 in New York the large bronze 'Segni solari'.

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