AR Penck’s expulsion to West Germany | Letters

Richard Calvocoressi, who curated Penck’s 1984 Tate exhibition, sheds light on his journey from east to westYour obituary of AR Penck (6 May) offers a thoughtful account of the artist’s work. To say that he “escaped” to West Berlin in 1980, however, may give a misleading impression. As one who got to know Penck in London in the early 1980s, I was led to believe that he was sold to the West by the East German regime for foreign currency, under the notorious Freikauf system