Bernhard Luginbühl, Renowned Swiss Artist Hand Signed, Numbered Silkscreen: "Punch", on Velincarton, 1966, Swiss Society for Fine Arts Portfolio

Bernhard Luginbühl (1929-2011)

Hand signed, numbered 44/200

"Punch"

Silkscreen on velincarton paper, 1966

Fine Provenance

This fantastic vintage silkscreen on elegant velincarton paper is by the famous Swiss sculptor Bernhard Luginbühl, and it is based upon a well known work of his entitled "Punch".

It is hand signed and numbered 44/200. It measures 19.5 inches (vertical) by 25.5   inches (horizontal).

This very uncommon print was created in 1966- the most influential and desirable era -  and was included in the 1975 portfolio for the Swiss Society for Fine Arts (Grafikmappe des Schweizerischen Kunstvereins) as part of an international portfolio of 27 prints that also included works by Jasper Johns, Christo, Valerio Adami, Shusaku Arakawa, Robert Cottingham, Alan Davie, Richard Paul Lohse, Gerhard Richter, Dieter Roth, Pierre Tal Coat and many others.  

The print is number 44/200.  It has impeccable provenance as it is the first time that it has been separated from the complete Swiss Fine Art Society Portfolio acquired from Hotel des Ventes in Geneva Switzerland. As it was part of a European portfolio, it is especially rare to find stateside. 

In fine condition. Never framed. RARE.

Ships flat. 

Sculpture Dickfigur Beteigeuze (1996) in front of the Museum Tinguely Basel, Switzerland.

Bernhard Luginbühl (16 February 1929 – 19 February 2011)^] was one of the best known Swiss sculptors.

He became famous with his iron sculptures in the late 1950s.

In 1976 he started with building giant wooden sculptures which he sets on fire as an art event