Ohne Titel. 2003.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated on the reverse. 50 x 60 cm (19.6 x 23.6 in).

• The photorealistic painting style with moments of irritation is typical of Kneffel.
• In a sophisticated optical illusion, the mastiff seems to move out of its own fur pattern.
• From the series of works made in the early 2000s, in which dogs in varying poses are the main motif.
• Kneffel held a professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 2008 to 2022.
• Paintings by the artist can be found in important public collections like the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, the Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, and the Olbricht Collection, Berlin.

We are grateful to Prof. Karin Kneffel for her kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Schönewald und Beuse, Krefeld (gallery label on the reverse).
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 2004).