NITSCH, HERMANN
1938 Vienna - 2022 Mistelbach
Title: "Wiener Secession".
Date: 1987.
Technique: Oil and blood on card, mounted on canvas.
Mounting: Relined with hessian.
Measurement: 93 x 76cm.
Notation: Signed, dated and titled upper right: hermann nitsch 1987 wiener secession.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.
The work was created in the context of the 20th painting action Wiener Secession on 18th February, 1987. For the work an expertise by the Atelier Hermann Nitsch, Vienna, dated 10th October 2023 is avaliable. The work is registered under the archive number P_100x165_87.
Provenance:
- Neumeister, Munich, 24th May 2007, lot 1033
- Private collection Germany
- Hermann Nitsch is regarded as the most prominent representative of Viennese Actionism and developed the concept of the Orgien Mysterien Theater
- Characteristic work with a high recognition value
- Suspenseful composition using the unusual painting medium of blood in combination with oil paint.
Hermann Nitsch 
