Horst Janssen

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1969

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Felt-tip-pen and crayon on blank postcard

14.8 × 10.5 cm | 5 3/4 × 4 1/4 in

Dated “6 11 69”, marked “Thanks for the nice-letter” and marked with the time of the execution “1030” and also signed on the verso The artist’s writing and the address by the artist’s hand to Johannes Gross, Cologne Rodenkirchen on the verso: “Drawing postcards warms up your fingers for the day’s work and that’s the point of the exercise. Love Janssen”

The artist’s writing and the address by the artist’s hand to Johannes Gross, Cologne Rodenkirchen on the verso:

“Drawing postcards warms up your fingers for the
day’s work and that’s the point of the exercise.
Love Janssen”

Provenance

The artist’s studio; Collection Johannes Gross, Cologne; Private Collection Berlin

Exhibitions

Galerie Ludorff, "Schöne Grüße – Künstlerpostkarten", Dusseldorf 2018

Literature

Galerie Ludorff, "Schöne Grüße. Künstlerpostkarten", Dusseldorf 2018, p. 52/53

About Horst Janssen

Janssen loved provocation, playing with words and ambiguities, which he often disguised in a humorous way. With a variety of very fine Pencil strokes he succeeds in creating a great variety of grey tones. That is why he gave himself the much-cited name “Million Stroke Artist” (“Millionenstrichler”).