PAEFFGEN, C.O. (CLAUS OTTO)
Cologne 1933 - 2019
Title: Nasenbohrer.
Date: 1972.
Technique: Acrylic on photo canvas.
Measurement: 115 x 110cm.
Notation: Monogrammed and dated lower right: C.O.P 72.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.
Provenance:
- Collection Walter Vitt, Cologne (directly from the artist)
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
- Major work by the artist in private ownership for decades
- Powerful statement on the nature of the self-portrait
- Over time, the typical thick contour lines that make Paeffgen's work so unmistakable found their way into his work
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