PENCK, A.R. (WINKLER, RALF )
* 5.10.1939 Dresden, † 2.5.2017 Zurich
Born Ralf Winkler in Dresden in 1939, A.R. Penck worked in the former GDR under various pseudonyms such as "TM", "Y" and "Mike Hammer". The art academies in East Berlin repeatedly rejected the young art enthusiast. He was therefore forced to find another route into making art, completing an apprenticeship as a technical draughtsman and studying under Jürgen Böttcher. He earned his living as a stoker, night watchman, craftsman and postman. The young painter became a member of the artists' group "Ersten Phalanx Nedserd", who united in their opposition to any demands for compromise in art. From the 1960s onwards, Ralf Winkler became increasingly involved with information theory and other scientific disciplines. From then onwards he worked exclusively under the pseudonym A.R. Penck, which referred to the geologist and glaciologist Albrecht Penck, whom the artist held in high esteem.
At this time Penck turned away from realistic painting and developed his completely independent pictorial and perceptual language, with which he achieved international recognition. His unmistakable style of abstracted figures and pictorial signs is a universal vocabulary which anyone can decipher. To this radical reduction of forms to schematic, pictogram-like signs and stick figures he gave the name "StandArt" - an allusion to the signalling effect of commonly known standard symbols. The artist died in Zurich in 2017, leaving behind an extensive canon of images, which comprises paintings, drawings, artist's books, prints, and wood and bronze sculptures, and which has a universal and timeless validity.Works from our auctions
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 45 000 / 55 000 | (€ 46 390 / 56 700)
Sold for CHF 55 200 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 45 000 / 55 000 | (€ 46 390 / 56 700)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 10 000 / 12 000 | (€ 10 310 / 12 370)
Sold for CHF 43 700 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 10 000 / 15 000 | (€ 10 310 / 15 460)
Sold for CHF 30 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 4 000 / 6 000 | (€ 4 120 / 6 190)
Sold for CHF 24 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 8 000 / 12 000 | (€ 8 250 / 12 370)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 15 000 / 20 000 | (€ 15 460 / 20 620)
Sold for CHF 18 600 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 10 000 / 15 000 | (€ 10 310 / 15 460)
Sold for CHF 18 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 6 000 / 8 000 | (€ 6 190 / 8 250)
Sold for CHF 16 100 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 10 000 / 15 000 | (€ 10 310 / 15 460)
Sold for CHF 14 400 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 7 000 / 9 000 | (€ 7 220 / 9 280)
Sold for CHF 10 625 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 9 000 / 15 000 | (€ 9 280 / 15 460)
Sold for CHF 10 200 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)
Sold for CHF 5 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)
Sold for CHF 5 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 800 / 1 200 | (€ 820 / 1 240)
Sold for CHF 4 800 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)
Sold for CHF 4 375 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 1 000 / 1 500 | (€ 1 030 / 1 550)
Sold for CHF 4 125 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 3 200 / 3 600 | (€ 3 300 / 3 710)
Sold for CHF 3 840 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)
Sold for CHF 3 375 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 3 000 / 4 000 | (€ 3 090 / 4 120)
Sold for CHF 3 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 1 200 / 1 800 | (€ 1 240 / 1 860)
Sold for CHF 3 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 1 400 / 1 800 | (€ 1 440 / 1 860)
Sold for CHF 3 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 600 / 800 | (€ 620 / 820)
Sold for CHF 2 125 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 1 200 / 1 800 | (€ 1 240 / 1 860)
Sold for CHF 2 125 (including buyer’s premium)
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A.R. PENCK (RALF WINKLER)
CHF 1 500 / 2 500 | (€ 1 550 / 2 580)
Sold for CHF 1 800 (including buyer’s premium)
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