Alte Freunde (Old Friends)
A set of prints by German artist Thomas Schütte, *Alte Freunde (Old Friends)* presents a series of characteristically expressive figurative works rendered with the artist's signature blend of dark humor and emotional ambiguity. Each print is signed, dated 2010, and numbered 32/35 in pencil, with an additional five artist's proofs produced alongside the edition. Published by Carolina Nitsch in New York, the portfolio is housed in an elegant brown fabric and cream paper covered case with the printed title displayed on the front.
- Medium
- all signed, dated '2010' and numbered 32/35 in pencil (there were also 5 artist's proofs), published by Carolina Nitsch, New York, contained in a brown fabric and cream paper covered portfolio with printed title on the front.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
June 12, 2014
Artists in conversation
Georg Baselitz
German · b. 1938
Baselitz shares Schütte's German postwar sensibility and creates expressive figurative works with emotional ambiguity and dark undertones, frequently exploring the human form through printmaking and editions with a rawness that mirrors the unsettling humor found in Alte Freunde.
Kiki Smith
American · b. 1954
Smith produces limited edition figurative prints and portfolios that similarly blend vulnerability with conceptual depth, using the human figure as a vessel for psychological and emotional exploration rendered in neutral tones through printmaking techniques.
Marlene Dumas
South African · b. 1953
Dumas creates expressive figurative works on paper that share Schütte's blend of dark humor and emotional ambiguity, using loose gestural marks to render human figures that feel simultaneously grotesque and tender within a contemporary postmodern framework.
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