Beschreibung:

PANAMARENKO (1940-2019) Swiss bicycle, ca. 1967-68. Pencil, red pencil. Signed (partially faded). Framed. Provenance: Hans Theys. Panamarenko's early production is characterised by a poetic and slightly naive rendering of objects close to him or which take him back to earlier years. There is the 'kreem-glace', or the 'Afwasbak', 'Motten in het riet'. In a magazine, he came across a picture of a mountain bike with a remarkably small front wheel, and the combination with his early connection with the Swiss Alps, thus produced his first object that involved mechanics. He rebuilds the bicycle, and he depicts Switzerland almost touchingly by making a three-dimensional cross against which he leans. Like other early works, the function is clear, but it is mainly the power of the form and representation that he allows to play in full and which gradually prepares the minds of critics and collectors for the 'Universe Panamarenko'. Dimensions: 55 x 55 mm (420 x 420 mm)