Sale: 591 / Day Sale, June 07. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125000243
Lot 125000243
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125000243
Hans Steinbrenner
Weibliche Büste, 1956.
Wood (walnut)
Estimate:
€ 8,000 - 12,000
$ 8,640 - 12,960
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Weibliche Büste. 1956.
Wood (walnut).
Unique object. 45 x 26 x 27 cm (17.7 x 10.2 x 10.6 in).
[AR].
• Early figurative piece made of walnut wood with gentle curves and flowing shapes.
• Works from this period are pivotal in the artist's development towards his biomorphic style.
• The “Weibliche Büste” already shows the openings, curves, and increasing abstraction of the human body that are characteristic of his early work.
• Exhibited at 'Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath' the year it was created.
• In private ownership for over 30 years, acquired directly from the artist.
• A 5-meter-high wooden sculpture was shown at documenta III in Kassel in 1964.
We are grateful to Mr Jakob Steinbrenner, Munich, for hius kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, East Germany (since 1994, directly from the artist).
EXHIBITION: Karl Otto Götz – Emil Schumacher – Hans Steinbrenner – Marcel Polak, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main, May 1956.
Hans Steinbrenner. Skulpturen 1948-1960, Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe, October 23–December 16, 1990, cat. no. 53 (illustrated on p. 69).
LITERATURE: Claire Hellweg, Hans Steinbrenner. Die Entwicklung der Formensprache im plastischen Werk, PhD theory, Frankfurt a. Main, 1990/91, catalogue raisonné no. 86 (illustrated).
Wood (walnut).
Unique object. 45 x 26 x 27 cm (17.7 x 10.2 x 10.6 in).
[AR].
• Early figurative piece made of walnut wood with gentle curves and flowing shapes.
• Works from this period are pivotal in the artist's development towards his biomorphic style.
• The “Weibliche Büste” already shows the openings, curves, and increasing abstraction of the human body that are characteristic of his early work.
• Exhibited at 'Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath' the year it was created.
• In private ownership for over 30 years, acquired directly from the artist.
• A 5-meter-high wooden sculpture was shown at documenta III in Kassel in 1964.
We are grateful to Mr Jakob Steinbrenner, Munich, for hius kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, East Germany (since 1994, directly from the artist).
EXHIBITION: Karl Otto Götz – Emil Schumacher – Hans Steinbrenner – Marcel Polak, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main, May 1956.
Hans Steinbrenner. Skulpturen 1948-1960, Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe, October 23–December 16, 1990, cat. no. 53 (illustrated on p. 69).
LITERATURE: Claire Hellweg, Hans Steinbrenner. Die Entwicklung der Formensprache im plastischen Werk, PhD theory, Frankfurt a. Main, 1990/91, catalogue raisonné no. 86 (illustrated).
125000243
Hans Steinbrenner
Weibliche Büste, 1956.
Wood (walnut)
Estimate:
€ 8,000 - 12,000
$ 8,640 - 12,960
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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