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Günter Brus artwork – OstLicht Auctions 2026

Sold for €4,000 at OstLicht Auctions on May 28, 2026.

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GÜNTER BRUS (1938–2024) | Self-Mutilation', Vienna, Perinetgasse, Spring 1965 Image size: 28.3 x 22.6 cm English Vintage silver print on double-weight matte paper, in good condition. Photographer's handwritten "Credit please... photo. Sig. H. Khasaq" in ink on the reverse. PHOTOGRAPHER Siegfried H. Khasaq Klein (1931–1989). Günter Brus expanded his artistic work in the early 1960s, when expressive motions began to affect his paintings. In 1964, he performed his first action »ANA«, in which he covered himself, his wife Anni, and his studio with paint. Subsequently Brus staged numerous performances in which he repeatedly injured his body as artistic material. Deutsch Vintage-Silbergelatineabzug auf kartonstarkem, mattem Papier, in gutem Zustand. Rückseitig vom Fotografen mit Tinte beschriftet und signiert "Credit please... photo. Sig. H. Khasaq" FOTOGRAF Siegfried H. Khasaq Klein (1931–1989). Günter Brus erweiterte sein künstlerisches Schaffen in den frühen 1960er-Jahren, als expressive Bewegungen begannen, seine Gemälde zu beeinflussen. 1964 fand seine erste Aktion »ANA« statt, bei der er sich selbst, seine Frau Anni und sein Atelier mit Farbe bedeckte. In der Folge führte Brus zahlreiche Performances durch, bei denen er seinen Körper wiederholt als künstlerisches Material verletzte.

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