Günther Förg

German | 1952 - 2013

Günther Förg was a German Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1952. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like CAC Málaga in Malaga. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Phillips London have featured Günther Förg's work in the past.Günther Förg's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 43 USD to 1,727,341 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 1,727,341 USD for Untitled, sold at Christie's London in 2020. Günther Förg has been featured in articles for Ocula, FAD Magazine and The Art Newspaper. The most recent article is Dallas Art Fair and Dallas Museum of Art Announce Eighth Annual Acquisition Program Selections written for ArtDaily in April 2024. The artist died in 2013.

Artist's alternative names: Guenther Foerg, Gunther Förg

UNTITLED, 1986

acrylic on lead on wood

each: 180 by 120.4 cm. 70 7/8 by 47 3/8 in

Sans titre, 2007

acrylic and pastel on canvas

195.5 x 300 cm canvas 77 x 118 1/8 in

UNTITLED, 1988

acrylic and lead on panel

240.5 by 160.5cm.; 94 5/8 by 63 1/8 in

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At Auction

Upcoming Lots

Three Plates, from Serie von 43

By Günther Förg

Bonhams New York

Ohne Titel (Diptych

By Günther Förg

Bonhams New York

Untitled

By Günther Förg

Venduehuis der Notarissen

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Available Artworks

Architektur II

By Günther Förg

Van Ham Fine Art Auctions

Untitled

By Günther Förg

Bruun Rasmussen Bredgade

Stele, 1998

By Günther Förg

Bruun Rasmussen Bredgade

Recent Auction Results

Blau, Grün, Blau

By Günther Förg

+23%

above mid-estimate

Van Ham Fine Art Auctions

Untitled

By Günther Förg

-25%

below mid-estimate

Bruun Rasmussen Bredgade

Stele

By Günther Förg

Dannenberg Auction House

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Current Exhibitions

Veni vidi

Inga Gallery

Tel Aviv | Israel

Mar 15,2024 - May 02,2024

Günther Förg: Legacy Of Modernism

CAC Málaga

Malaga | Spain

Mar 15,2024 - May 26,2024

Past Exhibitions

A Selection of Post-war and Contemporary Art

Sotheby's Palm Beach

Palm Beach | Florida | USA

Mar 15,2024 - Apr 14,2024

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Articles

Dallas Art Fair and Dallas Museum of Art Announce Eighth Annual Acquisition Program Selections

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Coverage

“ ..Throughout his career, Förg co-opted various uncommon materials as painting supports— the most notable of which was lead... ”
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Skarstedt Gallery, New York (79th Street)

“ ..It structures the surface and units geometric strictness with Förg's expressive, seemingly spontaneous application of paint... ”
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Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (Bleibtreustrasse)

“ .. Förg's energy and spontaneity in the act of making are revealed through the gestures and heavy mark-making visible in the surface of the torso sculpture and bronze wall relief, as well as the imprecise... ”
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Galerie Max Hetzler, London

“ ..Contained within Förg's photographs is the notion of time's passage and the ephemerality of the lived experience... ”
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Galerie Max Hetzler, London

“ ..Förg paints both on classical carriers such as paper, wood panel, and (prepared) canvas, and on unusual materials such as lead and copper... ”
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Deweer Gallery