Cécile Lempert: Works on paper
Untitled, 2023
Pencil and watercolour on paper
21 x 29.7 cm
8⅕ x 11¾ inches
Presented on the occasion of her solo exhibition In lowly garb at CASTLE in Los Angeles, this selection of unique works on paper by Cécile Lempert, created between 2023 and 2025, highlights the vital and enduring role of watercolour in the artist’s work.
Cécile Lempert
Untitled, 2023
Pencil and watercolour on paper, framed
21 x 29.7 cm
8⅕ x 11¾ inches
€1.100 (excl. tax)
"By combining different visual narratives and isolating individual pictorial elements, new narratives unfold that shift or even dissolve temporal and geographical references. The often two-part compositions and rectangular, sometimes narrow formats are reminiscent of film sequences or split screens, in which scenes are juxtaposed or doubled and cropped details come into focus: the close-up of a face, expressions, lines of vision, hand gestures."
– Miriam Bettin, Director, Mönchehaus Museum Goslar
study for “Spiegelung II”, 2024 (detail)
Lempert's works on paper are not conceived as just studies for her paintings, they form an integral part of her artistic process – the act of working on paper often serves as a vital step in developing new compositions and motifs in her of work.
Cécile Lempert
study for “Spiegelung II”, 2024
Pencil and watercolour on paper, framed
21 x 29.7 cm
8⅕ x 11¾ inches
€1.100 (excl. tax)
Cécile Lempert
Untitled (thumb), 2023
Pencil and watercolour on paper, framed
21 x 29.7 cm
8⅕ x 11¾ inches
€1.100 (excl. tax)
Cécile Lempert
Untitled (thumb), 2023
Pencil and watercolour on paper, framed
21 x 29.7 cm
8⅕ x 11¾ inches
€1.100 (excl. tax)
Malinas, 2023 (detail)
Cécile Lempert (b. 1994 in Dortmund, Germany) graduated with a BFA from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 2021. Recent and upcoming exhibitions include artothek, Cologne (2026 upcoming); Margot Samel, New York (2025 upcoming); CASTLE, Los Angeles (2025); xyz collective, Tokyo (2025 with Hikari Ono); Super Super Markt, Berlin (2024); Leo Gallery, Shanghai; BRAUNSFELDER, Cologne (both 2024); and IAH Gallery, Seoul (2022).
Cécile Lempert
Malinas, 2023
Pencil and watercolour on paper, framed
29.7 x 21 cm
11¾ x 8⅕ inches
€1.100 (excl. tax)
Cécile Lempert
Untitled, 2023
Pencil and watercolour on paper, framed
21 x 29.7 cm
8⅕ x 11¾ inches
€1.100 (excl. tax)
"The depictions enter into a dialog with each other and create an intimacy among themselves and with the viewer. Despite their intensity, spatial voids can be found, offering space for personal projections into the here and now."
– Miriam Bettin, Director, Mönchehaus Museum Goslar
Cécile Lempert, Studio, Cologne, 2024
Cécile Lempert
In her works, Cécile Lempert captures psychological states and interpersonal relationships. She explores questions of belonging to places and other people, often referencing her own person and family history. Lempert confronts these personal experiences and memories of the individual with societal observations – in form of archival materials, references to art history and depictions of historically located scenes.