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Drypoint on BFK Rives vellum (with watermark) Germany, 1986 Georg Baselitz (b. 1938) - German painter and sculptor Signed and dated in pencil lower right 'Baselitz 86' Numbered in pencil lower left '12/25' Dated in the plate lower right (mirror-inverted) '4.1...86' Limited edition 12/25 Dimensions framed: 67 x 50.5 cm; dimensions plate: 18.54 x 24.6 cm Very good condition Provenance: From a Berlin private collection A dynamic work with an inverted motif characteristic for the artist's oeuvre; etchings by Baselitz fetch up to 5,500 euros at international auctions This expressive etching by the renowned German artist Georg Baselitz was created in 1986. This is number 12 of a limited edition of 25. It shows an inverted image characteristic of the artist's oeuvre. With similar motifs Baselitz gained worldwide recognition in the 1970s. It is noteworthy that every composition is conceived and executed upside down. Thus, figurative depictions as well as portraits are turned into abstract visual landscapes and the viewer is confronted primarily with the form, which he can explore without being distracted by the subject matter. The work by Georg Baselitz is in very good condition with minimal signs of age such as minor foxing. The work is signed and dated in pencil lower right 'Baselitz 86' as well as numbered lower left '12/25'. It is dated in the plate lower right (mirror-inverted) '4.1...86'. There is a watermark and die stamp in the lower right corner. Framed the etching measures 67 x 50.5 cm. The sheet measures 66 x 50 cm, the plate size is 18.54 x 24.6 cm. Georg Baselitz (b. 1938) Georg Baselitz, actually Hans-Georg Kern, was born in Upper Lusatia. In 1956 he began to study painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in East Berlin. Since his individual personality did not conform to the socialist ideas of the GDR, he was soon expelled and continued his studies in West Berlin, where he studied the theories of Kandinsky, Malevich and Nay and became interested in the art of the 'mentally ill'. In 1961 he adopted the pseudonym Georg Baselitz. In 1970 the first exhibition with exclusively 'inverted' paintings took place in a gallery in Cologne. With his frequently provocative works Baselitz played significant role in shaping modern painting. In 1977 he accepted a professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe, in the 80s and 90s he taught at the University of Arts in Berlin. His works are in the collection of the Guggenheim Museum and MoMA in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Berlinische Galerie as well as the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin.