Exhibited: “The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Late Picasso & Contemporary Painters”, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, March 8 — April 24, 2007. Provenance: Private collection, Denmark. Acquired from the above.

The work is registered in the Archive of André Butzer for inclusion in the artist's catalogue raisonnée.

”There is no choice with colour. It’s all about colour or it’s nothing. Nothing is not so good.” (Katrina Kufer interview with André Butzer, Buro 24/7, 2011)

André Butzer is one of Germany´s most relevant contemporary artists. His works are in high demand on the current market, as he continues to have frequent international coverage in numerous art publications, exhibitions at prestigeous institutions, and representation in several private and public collections.

Much of Butzer’s work considers the radical notion that colour and history are inextricably linked. In a wild fantasizing language with impasto swathes of oil paint he finds his colourful experiences and inspirations amongst old and modern masters such as Giotto, Tizian, Raphael, Munch and Matisse - as well as pop-cultural references.

This type of painting, which the offered work is a characteristic example of, should be seen as part of his “Science-Fiction-Expressionism”, that utilize all manner of references from corporate logos to cartoon figures. At the same time, he compresses together symbols of 20th century cultural, political and technological thought into extremely dense works.