Horst Janssen

Viola
1977

crayon and Pencil on paper

33 × 44 cm / 13 × 17 5/16 in

Signed with the initials, dated ‟2 1 77” and inscribed ‟Viola”

Viola Rackow, known as “Vriederich”, was Janssen’s partner (1976–1978) and muse. They remained on friendly terms and maintained a long-standing correspondence

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Provenance

Viola Rackow Collection

Exhibitions

Literature

Horst Janssen, "Vriederich: Briefe an Viola", Hamburg 1986, S. 70f.

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”).