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Neo Rauch — Böe (neujahrsblatt)
Neo Rauch

Böe (neujahrsblatt)

A dreamlike scene unfolds in Neo Rauch's signature style, blending socialist realist imagery with surrealist undertones in muted, atmospheric tones. Enigmatic figures inhabit a world suspended between the mundane and the mythological, where time appears to fold in on itself in unsettling yet painterly ways. The work carries the haunted quality of memory and ideology that has come to define Rauch's richly layered visual language.

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November 30, 2018

Estimate: $800$1,200

Lot 21

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Neo Rauch, Böe (neujahrsblatt)

A dreamlike scene unfolds in Neo Rauch's signature style, blending socialist realist imagery with surrealist undertones in muted, atmospheric tones. Enigmatic figures inhabit a world suspended between the mundane and the mythological, where time appears to fold in on itself in unsettling yet painterly ways. The work carries the haunted quality of memory and ideology that has come to define Rauch's richly layered visual language.

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Related themes

German Artist, Figurative Painting, Dreamlike Atmosphere, Male Artist, Narrative Scene, Contemporary Artist, Post-Communist Art, Leipzig School, Surrealist Style, Symbolic Imagery

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