A.R. Penck
(Dresden 1939 – Zürich 2017)
Besuch bei Jürgen und Sabine (1965)
Titled and dated 1965 lower centre
Marker on paper, 22.8 x 32.6 cm
Provenance:
– Collection Sabine and Jürgen Schweinebraden, Dresden
– Auction Jeschke van Vliet, Berlin
– Corporate collection, the Netherlands
Literature:
G. Porstmann, J. Schmidt & A.R. Penck, Sein und Wesen – Der unbekannte A. R. Penck. Werke aus der Sammlung Jürgen Schweinebraden, Prestel Verlag, Munich, 2008, p. 19 (ill.) (incl. book)
Note:
Penck made drawings for his friends and personal thank you notes for dinners, parties, and sleepovers. The work on offer is a drawing he made in the guestbook “Für Freunde” from his friend Sabine Weitbrecht-Schweinebraden (third from left). He pictured a group of friends, including himself (third from right: “R”) and Jürgen Schweinebraden (left). In the accompanying book “Sein und Wesen – Der unbekannte A. R. Penck” from 2008, this friendship is described in detail.