SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
The Austrian artist Hermann Nitsch, born in Vienna in 1938 and deceased in 2022, made the Theatre of Orgies and Mysteries a central concern of his work from 1957 onwards. He conceived this project as a total work of art addressing the spectator-participant’s five senses. He is presented as a major figure of Viennese Actionism, alongside Günter Brus and Otto Muehl, among others.
He also developed the Schüttbilder, surfaces onto which liquid is poured. In December 1962, Action No. 1 took place before an invited audience in Otto Muehl’s apartment. In March 1963, he carried out Action No. 2 at Josef Dvořák’s gallery in Vienna.
A work listed under the title 18b.malaktion is dated June–July 1986 and associated with Casa Morra in Naples.
This profile brings together identity references for Hermann Nitsch and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Germann · Kornfeld · Lempertz
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Pastel
Kreuzbahre/Aktionsrelikt von einer Aktion in Prinzendorf
pastel
Catalogue period : 2019-06-13
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 12500
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Mischtechnik auf Nessel auf Holz
Auction date : 2018-12-01
Published result : 14880 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 10000
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Oil on paper
Ohne Titel
Öl auf Papier
Auction date : 2017-12-02
Published result : 4836 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 3000
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Acrylic on canvas
KK Julia
Acryl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2017-12-02
Published result : 12400 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 10000
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Gouache.
Ohne Titel, 1986
Gouache.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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