
Blaues Akkordeon
1985
"Blaues Akkordeon" (Blue Accordion) is an oil painting by German artist Georg Baselitz, known for his expressionistic style and distinctive inverted compositions. The work exemplifies Baselitz's characteristic approach of depicting subjects upside down, a technique he employed to redirect viewer attention from representational content to formal elements like color, gesture, and paint application. The painting's focus on the accordion, rendered in striking blue tones, demonstrates the artist's interest in transforming everyday objects into vehicles for exploring the materiality and expressiveness of paint itself.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale
October 10, 2024
Lot 16
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