This piece is a color offset lithograph on vellum entitled Berliner Mauer (trans. Berlin Wall) by Rainer Fetting. It is in very good condition with a few creases in the corners that are visible in the included photos. Rainer Fetting was one of the co-founders and main protagonists of the Galerie am Moritzplatz in Berlin, founded in the late 1970s by a group of young artists (mainly painters) from the class of Karl Horst Hödicke at the former Berliner Hochschule für Bildende Künste (Berlin Art Academy, today known as Universität der Künste). This group of artists, known as the “Moritzboys” and including, among others, Salomé, Bernd Zimmer, and Helmut Middendorf, subsequently achieved international acclaim as the “Junge Wilde” or “Neue Wilde” in the early 1980s. Fetting is now one of the internationally best known contemporary German artists, having created a large oeuvre of expressive figurative paintings covering many different kinds of subject-matter, as well as many bronze sculptures.
Dimensions
Image is 52.7 x 69 cm and with the full sheet of paper is 59 x 78.8 cm.
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Hi Alex, Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry. Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is: Rainer Fetting (German/American, Born 1949) "Berliner Mauer (Berlin Wall)", 1988 offset lithograph in colors on vellum DESCRIPTION plate: 52.7 by 69 cm (20-3/4 by 27-1/8 inches) sheet: 59 by 78.8 cm (23-1/4 by 31 inches) CONDITION: appears to be in good condition; value assumes no tears, repairs or losses PROVENANCE: acquired at auction $1,000-1,500* *represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary. Please let us know if you have additional items to appraise, or questions/concerns, and thank you again for using Mearto. ~ Delia
