A. R. Penck, portraitA. R. PenckGerman, 1939–2017

Portrait : Jutta

1977 · Painting · 150 × 150 cm

May one see it?

Unknown

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

In this state since
Source
The museum

Particulars

Accession number
AMVP 3794

In the catalog

Sources

  • Musée d'Art moderne de Paris
  • Image: Musée d'Art moderne de Paris — © Adagp, Paris - Crédit photographique: Eric Emo/Parisienne de Photographie; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde

Meanwhile, in the life of A. R. Penck

The whole life
  1. 1975

    The Will Grohmann Prize

    After military service in 1974, Penck is awarded the Will Grohmann Prize in 1975 by the Academy of Arts in West Berlin; by this time state security control over him has also increased.

  2. 1976

    Meets Jörg Immendorff

    In 1976 Penck meets the West German painter Jörg Immendorff, with whom he will work in the following years; in their work they campaign for the abolition of the inner German border and for the dissidents, among them Rudolf Bahro and Robert Havemann.

  3. 1977

    Documenta 6: his participation is blocked

    Penck is meant to exhibit at Documenta 6 in Kassel but is prevented from doing so by the influence of an unofficial employee of the GDR’s State Security on a Hessian parliamentarian.

  4. 1977

    Paintings confiscated

    In 1977 some of his paintings are confiscated.

  5. May 1979

    Studio break-in

    In May 1979 several of his works and records are destroyed during a break-in at his studio.

All works