Drei Bilder zur Erschaffung der Erde ((i) Dithyrambisch, (ii) Dithyrambisch: die Nacht, (iii) der Tag) (Three Paintings for the Creation of the Earth ((i) Dithyrambic, (ii) Dithyrambic: The Night, (iii) The Day)

MARKUS LÜPERTZ (B. 1941) Drei Bilder zur Erschaffung der Erde ((i) Dithyrambisch, (ii) Dithyrambisch: die Nacht, (iii) der Tag) (Three Paintings for the Creation of the Earth ((i) Dithyrambic, (ii) Dithyrambic: The Night, (iii) The Day) (i) signed with the artist's initial 'M' (upper left); signed, titled and numbered '3 BILDER ZUR ERSCHAFFUNG DER ERDE (DiTHYRAMBiSCH) I. MARKUS LÜPERTZ' (on the reverse) (ii) signed 'MARKUS' (lower right); titled and numbered 'DREi BiLDER ZUR ERSCHAFFUNG DER ERDE (DiTHYRAMBiSCH) "DiE NACHT" II.' (on the reverse) (iii) signed 'MARKUS' (upper left); titled '"STIL": DREI BILDER ZUR ERSCHAFFUNG DER ERDE "DER TAG"' (on the reverse) oil and distemper on canvas, in three parts each: 72 x 98 3/8in. (183 x 250cm.) Executed in 1977