Werner Büttner

Untitled ("Schnaps zum Abschied, Südostasien")

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Artist

Werner Büttner

1954 Jena

Oil on canvas. (19)85. C. 150 x 190 cm. Signed and dated lower right, titled on the reverse on the stretcher.

Exhibition

Gemeine Wahrheiten, Werner Büttner, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe 2013, farb. Abb. S. 88.

Provenance

Sabine Knust Gallery, Munich;

Private collection, Southern Germany.

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Oil on canvas. (19)85. C. 150 x 190 cm. Signed and dated lower right, titled on the reverse on the stretcher.

• Painting with a subtle, ironic title, characteristic of Büttner’s subjective, expressive style
• Created in the 1980s, it combines Büttner’s rebellious stance and socially critical attitude
• Alongside Albert Oehlen and Martin Kippenberger, Werner Büttner is one of the best-known members of the Junge Wilde