Georg Baselitz
Georg Baselitz, born in 1938 in Deutschbaselitz, Germany, lives and works in Inning am Ammersee, Germany, near Salzburg, Austria, and in Imperia, Italy. In the 1960s, Baselitz rejected the gestural abstraction that had prevailed in Europe and the USA since the end of the war and with his dynamic, expressive paintings established a new aesthetic by focusing on the figurative. By turning his motifs upside down and thus directing the gaze from the subject to pure painting, Georg Baselitz has been irritating the art world since 1969 and created an unmistakable trademark.
Georg Baselitz Editions
Frau am Abgrund, zwei Rosen
1999
Etching/aquatint on rag paper, 66 x 50.2 cm (26 x 19¾ in), edition of 50, signed and numbered.
In this edition, Georg Baselitz presents one of his signature inverted figures – an expressive line drawing of a woman, turned upside down, her form hovering uncertainly above the edge of the composition. Paired with two stark red roses, also inverted, the work evokes fragility and emotional tension, suspended between beauty and unease. As in much of Baselitz’s practice, the inversion disrupts conventional viewing habits and challenges narrative clarity. Created in 1999, Frau am Abgrund, zwei Rosen (Woman at the Abyss, Two Roses) reflects Baselitz’s ongoing exploration of the human figure, memory, and the symbolic resonance of the everyday – rendered here with both delicacy and force.
Edition Schellmann published this work on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of art magazine.
Melancholie, drei Rosen
1999
Etching/aquatint on rag paper, 66 x 50.2 cm (26 x 19¾ in), edition of 50, signed and numbered.
Georg Baselitz’ edition Melancholie, drei Rosen (Melancholy, Three Roses) continues his exploration of inversion as a method of visual and emotional disruption. The female figure, rendered in sparse, expressive lines, hangs upside down at the center of the composition, her posture conveying a sense of weightlessness and introspective stillness. Surrounding her are three bold red roses – arresting in their form, yet flattened and abstracted – imbuing the image with a sense of symbolic gravity. The inversion, a hallmark of Baselitz’s practice since the late 1960s, denies traditional readability and instead emphasizes form, gesture, and mood. Melancholie, drei Rosen is a poignant meditation on the human figure and emotional states, where the tension between beauty and disorientation creates a powerful, lingering unease.
Edition Schellmann published this work on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of art magazine.
Aman
1995
Etching and aquatint on BFK Rives rag paper, 65 x 55 cm (25½ x 21½ in). Edition: 40, signed and numbered.
With his edition Aman, Georg Baselitz delivers a visceral, dynamic composition that reflects his distinctive approach to figuration and printmaking. The etching and aquatint work presents a loosely drawn figure, characteristically inverted and emerging from an abstract field of movement and energy. The image is raw and immediate, charged with psychological intensity and physical distortion. Through the layered textures of etching and aquatint, the artist creates a complex visual terrain.
The work was published by Schellmann Art for Capital magazine.
