Sale: 601 / Day Sale, Dec. 06. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125000774
Lot 125000774
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125000774
Josef Scharl
Apokalyptisches Tier (Apocalyptic Beast), 1938.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 18,000 - 24,000
$ 20,880 - 27,840
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Josef Scharl
1896 - 1954
Apokalyptisches Tier (Apocalyptic Beast). 1938.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower left. 64.7 x 78.8 cm (25.4 x 31 in).
[AR].
• Symbolically encrypted and at the same time highly imaginative depiction of an apocalyptic mythical creature.
• One of the last works of this kind to define his work since the Nazis came to power in 1933.
• In December of the year this work was created, Josef Scharl emigrated to the USA, where, after initial difficulties, he achieved considerable success.
• Exhibited several times in the USA during the artist's lifetime.
PROVENANCE: Nierendorf Gallery, New York.
Private collection, USA.
Private collection, Hesse.
EXHIBITION: Josef Scharl. Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints, Nierendorf Gallery, New York, April 1-20, 1941, no. 27.
Josef Scharl, Nierendorf Gallery, New York, October 10-30, 1943, no. 14.
The one hundred and fortieth annual exhibition of painting and sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, January 19-February 25, 1945, cat. no. 43.
LITERATURE: Andrea Firmenich, Andrea Lukas, Peter Bronner, Josef Scharl. Monograph and Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne 1999, CR no. 346 (illustrated on p. 283).
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Alfred Neumeyer, Josef Scharl, New York, 1945 (illustrated on p. 37).
1896 - 1954
Apokalyptisches Tier (Apocalyptic Beast). 1938.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower left. 64.7 x 78.8 cm (25.4 x 31 in).
[AR].
• Symbolically encrypted and at the same time highly imaginative depiction of an apocalyptic mythical creature.
• One of the last works of this kind to define his work since the Nazis came to power in 1933.
• In December of the year this work was created, Josef Scharl emigrated to the USA, where, after initial difficulties, he achieved considerable success.
• Exhibited several times in the USA during the artist's lifetime.
PROVENANCE: Nierendorf Gallery, New York.
Private collection, USA.
Private collection, Hesse.
EXHIBITION: Josef Scharl. Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints, Nierendorf Gallery, New York, April 1-20, 1941, no. 27.
Josef Scharl, Nierendorf Gallery, New York, October 10-30, 1943, no. 14.
The one hundred and fortieth annual exhibition of painting and sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, January 19-February 25, 1945, cat. no. 43.
LITERATURE: Andrea Firmenich, Andrea Lukas, Peter Bronner, Josef Scharl. Monograph and Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne 1999, CR no. 346 (illustrated on p. 283).
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Alfred Neumeyer, Josef Scharl, New York, 1945 (illustrated on p. 37).
125000774
Josef Scharl
Apokalyptisches Tier (Apocalyptic Beast), 1938.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 18,000 - 24,000
$ 20,880 - 27,840
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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