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India ink and watercolour on papyrus, mounted on cardboard Germany, 2004 Cornelia Schleime (born 1953) - German artist and author Signed and dated lower right 'C.M.P. Schleime 2004' Sheet dimensions: ca. 53 x 72.5 cm Very good condition Provenance: German private property Cornelia Schleime is regarded as the main representative of contemporary figurative art in Germany - her works fetch up to 20,000 Euros at international auctions In her series 'Leibeslust' (Physical Lust), Cornelia Schleime, one of the most unconventional artists of Germany, approaches the sexual passion of the woman. The drawing, explicit in its hypermodern sexuality, contrasts in an interesting way with the ancient material papyrus whose structure is plainly visible. The ink painting draws the female nude in the centre in gentle contours; the watercolours shape the copulating bodies and set provocative accents. The watercolour by Cornelia Schleime is signed and dated on the lower right 'C.M.P. Schleime 2004'. The naturally slightly waved papyrus sheet is mounted on cardboard and framed. The work is altogether in very good condition, the underlying cardboard depicts some rose-coloured lines and stains. The frame displays traces of wear. The dimensions, including the frame, are 63.3 x 82.5 cm, and the dimensions of the papyrus sheet are ca. 53 x 72.5 cm. Cornelia Schleime (born 1953) The artist Cornelia Schleime was born in East Berlin in 1953 and initially trained here as a hairdresser, make-up artist and groom before she studied painting and graphic arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden. In 1981, the government agencies of the GDR imposed exhibition prohibition on her works. In 1984, she left to West Berlin, where she received a working fellowship. A further scholarship enabled her a one-year stay in New York. In 2003, she was awarded the Gabriele-Münter-Prize, in 2004 the Fred-Thieler-Prize, and one year later the Award of Excellent Painting by the National Art Museum of China. Since 2005, she keeps a professorship at the University of Münster. Her works have been honoured by a large quantity of exhibitions in Germany and abroad, like this year at the Kunsthaus Potsdam, and are located in the collections of major international art museums.