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[email protected] www.shepherdgallery.com GÜNTER BRUS * 1938 Ardning in der Steiermark DAS WILD REMINISZENZ ("THE GAME REMINISCENCE"), 1975 Pencil and colored pencil on paper, 11.7 x 8.3 inch (297 x 210 mm) titled, signed and dated Provenance Collection of H.R. Giger, Switzerland; Galerie Kunst & Handel, Graz; Private collection, Austria. Exhibition - Günter Brus. The Loneliness of the Late Classical Artist, W&K - Palais Schönborn-Batthyany, Vienna 25.09.-22.11.2019. Literature - Wienerroither/Kohlbacher/Grabner, Günter Brus. The Loneliness of the Late Classical Artist, W&K - Palais Schönborn-Batthyany (ed.), Vienna 2019, p. 109 (ill.). GÜNTER BRUS * 1938 Ardning in der Steiermark DIE ELEFANTENDUSCHE ("THE ELEPHANT SHOWER"), 25.4.1975/6 Coloured crayon on paper, 10.8 x 8.3 inch (275 x 210 mm) signed and dated on upper right Provenance Institutional collection, Vienna. Exhibition - Günter Brus. The Loneliness of the Late Classical Artist, W&K - Palais Schönborn-Batthyany, Vienna 25.09.-22.11.2019. Literature - Wienerroither/Kohlbacher/Grabner, Günter Brus. The Loneliness of the Late Classical Artist, W&K - Palais Schönborn-Batthyany (ed.), Vienna 2019, p. 107 (ill.). GÜNTER BRUS * 1938 Ardning in der Steiermark MENSCHENREISSVERSCHLUSS, STATISTISCH ("HUMAN ZIPPER, STATISTICAL"), 1998 Pencil, colored pencil and collage on paper, 15.4 x 11.8 inch (390 x 300 mm) Inscribed, signed and dated: Menschenreissverschluss, Statistisch G Brus 98 Interpretation Brus’ striking drawings are marked by creations in form, which often emerge from syntheses between body and machine, humans and animals, or extremities and objects.