Bidding battle ends with world record!
In our last spring auction on 25 Mai 2024 we were once again able to offer numerous top lots of Modern and Contemporary Art. In addition to international greats, it was particularly pleased that we were able to add another famous artist to our repertoire of Polish artists that and we were able to prove on once again that that we are the top address when it comes to Deutschland are the top address, if it is about bringing well-known Polish artist, how Zdzisław Beksiński, Wojciech Fangor and now also Edward Krasiński, on to the international auction market at top prices auction!
In the afternoon, the tension in the packed auction room rose noticeably as it came closer to lot number 647 - an intervention by Edward Krasiński from 1977. Five telephone bidders, as well as numerous interested parties at the online consoles and in the hall, were ready to do battle. After a bidding war that lasted several minutes and started at €45,000, the hammer fell at €80,000 (plus buyer's premium) - the highest Result price ever achieved in the history of on the international auction market for for a object by Edward Krasiński!
But who was Edward Krasiński and what is behind his well-known 'interventions'?
Edward Krasiński, born in 1925 in Luzk, Poland, only began creating axonometric paintings at the age of 48. The term 'axonometric' describes a drawing method in which three-dimensional objects on are depicted on a two-dimensional surface, with vertical lines drawn to scale while diagonals are distorted to create the illusion of depth. He titled these works as 'interventions' and exhibited them, connected by a blue line, as a coherent and yet unique series.
'Intervention' from the year 1977
The 'Intervention' from 1977 sold by us shows a similar axonometric painting, in which the artist creates an enormous depth effect through black acrylic lines on on a white background, supplemented by the for Krasiński characteristic blue adhesive tape. The adhesive tape is central for the effectiveness of the interventions and runs from the right to the left side of the object, with it running along the contours of the three-dimensional. Krasiński first introduced this unusual material to his works in 1968, and and it quickly became his trademark. The blue strip was always placed at a fixed height of 130 cm above the floor and connected so objects, objects, walls and even people into a single unit. With this playful, linear gesture, artist allowed his works to literally and merge conceptually with the architectural space.
There is much debate about the artistic purpose of the blue tape. it can be interpreted both as a spatial demarcation of Krasiński's artistic field of thought and as a visualization of linear time. Krasiński himself only commented sparingly on the meaning of his blue tape: "The tape had ascribed meaning to itself. Once it came into being, it was then free to do anything, to frolic. The meaning is inherent in the tape; I inspired only its spirit." (quoted from: Breitweiser, p. 34).
But perhaps it is also the uncertainty, the space for for free interpretation and discussion that makes works by Edward Krasiński, despite its simplicity, so exciting and and leads to such spectacular hits.
Interesting links:
Edward Krasiński - Display at Tate Modern | Tate
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