Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in June 1971

Duesseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Grafik und Bücher, June - September 1973, no. 164
Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Sammlung Helga und Walther Lauffs - Amerikanische und europäische Kunst der sechziger und siebziger Jahre, 1983-84, no. 311 and no. 312

Both works are paper taped to the mount at the two upper corners. Some very soft finger shaped creases are only visible under raking light. The second illustrated Barocketüde has some surface dirt in the lower margin along the extreme edge not interferring the image. Otherwise both works are in very good condition.
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Offered together with another etching Barocketüde  II, by the same artist, signed, numbered 25/25 and dated 70, 78 by 96 cm., in good condition (2)