Neo Expressionist artist Peter Keil painted this early Portrait in Blue while in Berlin, Germany. Keil created this expressive face with sweeping brushstrokes of blue paint on traces of black chalk crayon applied on beige paper that is glued onto a board. Signature, date and location on lower left: Peter Keil, Berlin 72. Housed in a distressed gilded frame with a white mat. On back of frame: sticker E. Raynal Fils, dorure et encadrement, restauration de tableaux, 14 Rue de la Seine, Paris. Artwork dimensions: 14.50"W x 21"H. Frame size: 21.10"L x 28.75"H x 0.60"W.

Artist: Peter Robert Keil (German, b. 1942)
Issued: 1972
Country of Origin: Germany

Age related wear.