Description

Bayrle, Thomas. VW Rot, 1969. 16/25. Screenprint, signed, titled, dated and limitation given on the lower right-hand corner front of the sheet by the artist before the image was made, and also on the verso of the image, therefore signed twice. A large and irregular (non-square) image (left edge measures 22 13/16 inches and the bottom edge measures 32 1/16 inches), Red VW is one of Bayrle’s early repetition studies, a Pop Art depiction of the single most iconic symbol of post-World War II Germany: the VW “Beetle.” This copy is in very fine condition, not having had any adhesive of any kind applied to the back. Matted. Another copy of this screenprint, from this edition of only twenty-five is found at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.