Description: LARGE AND OUTSTANDING VINTAGE MODERN SURREALIST MIXED MEDIA PORTRAIT ON PAPER BY ESTEEMED RUSSIAN PAINTER HEINZ GUNTER GUNTER AKA MENDIJ. (Russian-American 1932-2000). THIS WORK DEPICTS A MAN AND WOMAN PORTRAIT MERGING TOGETHER TO CREATE A CAPTIVATING SURREALIST COMPOSITION. SIGNED AND DATED 1988 BY MENDIJ. BEAUTIFULLY HOUSED IN STYLIZED BLACK AND GOLD FRAME MANUFACTURED BY JERRY SOLOMON ENTERPRISE, LOS ANGELES. PROVENANCE: PRIVATE ESTATE, LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA. DIMENSIONS: 40”W x 48”H Mendij (20th Century) was active/lived in California / Europe. Mendij is known for Painting. Heinz Günter Runge Mendij was born on 25 May 1932, in Bydgoszcz, Kuyavia-Pomerania, Poland as the son of Marta Erna Edyta Runge. He died on 18 March 2000, in Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, at the age of 67. Mendij (Heinz Günter Runge) (1932 Bromberg/today Poland - 2000 Cologne, studied at the KA Moscow, in Paris, Los Angeles and Cologne. Imposing male face painting with unique layers of additional figures super imposed and yet transparent, inviting the viewer to study carefully to enjoy the revealing of other characters living in the artwork. Mendig paintings are in many big mansions in California. He was a personal friend of Priscilla Presley and sold many paintings to Elvis . He worked in the Atelier in Sherwood dr in Hollywood. Some of his painting have been bought by the Guggenheim art museum in New York.
Price: 4000 USD
Location: Pasadena, California
End Time: 2024-11-13T09:55:21.000Z
Shipping Cost: 100 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Artist: Mendij
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Mendij
Size: Large
Signed: Yes
Period: Contemporary (1970 - 2020)
Material: Matte Paper
Item Length: 40 in
Region of Origin: California, USA
Framing: Framed
Subject: Men
Type: Painting
Year of Production: 1988
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 48 In
Style: Modernism, Abstract, Cubism, Surrealism, Figurative Art
Theme: Art, Modern, People, Portrait
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Production Technique: Mixed Media
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Culture: Modern Art
Handmade: Yes
Item Width: 40 in
Time Period Produced: 1980-1989