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Eberhard Havekost

1967–2019

WA-00003284

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WikidataQ320634

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Anton-Kernhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/eberhard-havekost
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About

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Eberhard Havekost was a German painter whose large-scale canvases combined photographic realism with gestural abstraction, creating a visual tension between representation and pure painterly mark-making. Working in Berlin and Dresden from the 1990s onward, he developed a distinctive approach to depicting urban landscapes, interiors, and portraits that dissolved into areas of loose brushwork and color field. His work occupied a space between figuration and abstraction that resisted easy categorization within contemporary German painting.

Source: Anton Kern · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago

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Artworks (6)

Infinity 1 and 2

2008 · Oil paint on canvas

displayed: 1600 x 1200 mm

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Ghost 2

2004 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1502 x 803 x 26 mm

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Ghost 1

2004 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1503 x 802 x 26 mm

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Awning 1

2004 · Oil on canvas

6' 6 3/4" x 50 1/2" (200 x 128.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Sympathie

1999 · Series of 5 photolithographs

each composition 11 3/4 x 9 3/8" (29.9 x 23.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Four Portraits

1996 · Synthetic polymer paint and gouache on four pieces of printed paper on paperboard

Museum of Modern Art

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6 published of 6 catalogued · 4 with image

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Infinity 1 and 2
2008 · Tate · 1 prov
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Ghost 1
2004 · Tate · 1 prov
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Ghost 2
2004 · Tate · 1 prov
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