{"product_id":"georg-baselitz-devotion-invitation-alan-cristea-gallery-2019","title":"Georg Baselitz — Devotion — Exhibition Invitation, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eExhibition invitation \/ announcement card\u003cbr\u003e21.0 × 14.8 cm\u003cbr\u003eOffset print on light card stock; exhibition information to verso with reproduced image (\u003cem\u003eAuerbach (yellow)\u003c\/em\u003e, 2018) to recto\u003cbr\u003ePublished by Alan Cristea Gallery, London\u003cbr\u003eCondition: very good; light handling wear and faint edge softening consistent with storage and use\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIssued for Georg Baselitz's \u003cem\u003eDevotion\u003c\/em\u003e exhibition at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.alancristea.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAlan Cristea Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e, London, presented in May–June 2019. The invitation adopts a notably restrained format: generous white space, centered serif typography, and sparse institutional information offset against a reproduction from Baselitz's print practice. Rather than functioning as a graphic statement, it remains close to a threshold object — an announcement structure carrying date, access, and placement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 2019 Baselitz had moved through several distinct phases of production: the fractured and raw figurative paintings of the 1960s, the inverted figures that became synonymous with his practice from 1969 onward, and increasingly direct engagement with printmaking as a space for experimentation. The title \u003cem\u003eDevotion\u003c\/em\u003e introduces a quieter register, where gesture and image begin to feel less declarative and more reflective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin a New Rare object logic, the invitation sits somewhere between exhibition residue and administrative support. The exhibition concludes, the object remains. A small printed document retaining the coordinates of a temporary event.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal period item.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alan Cristea Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53547742593362,"sku":"BASELITZ-DEVOTION-INV-2019","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Baselitz_Georg._Devotion_invitation._2019_front.jpg?v=1779596810","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/georg-baselitz-devotion-invitation-alan-cristea-gallery-2019","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}