Kopf. Wohl 1970s.
Gouache.
Lower left monogrammed "T.M.". Signed "Ralf" on the reverse. On wove paper. 59.2 x 41.7 cm (23.3 x 16.4 in), the full sheet.
[AW].
• Portrait painting is an integral part of the oeuvre of the important contemporary artist who died in 2017.
• The logic and systematics in A.R. Penck's sign language is unique in German post-war art.
• In 1972, 1982 and 1992 Penck exhibited at the documenta in Kassel, in 1984 at the Venice Biennale.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne.
Private collection Baden-Württemberg (acquired from the above in 1976).

Good overall impression. Slightly wavy from technique. Center left margin with a small split (5mm). Lower corners slightly creased. Light blue impasto parts with small splits in the layer of paint