Sale: 601 / Day Sale, Dec. 06. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125001201
Lot 125001201 
125001201
Stephan Balkenhol
Mann in blauem Hemd, 1989.
Wood sculpture. Maple, in color
Estimate:
€ 35,000 - 45,000
$ 40,950 - 52,650
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Mann in blauem Hemd. 1989.
Wood sculpture. Maple, in color.
Height: 130 cm (51.1 in). Height incl. base: 241 cm (94,8 in).
[AW].
• Monumental wooden sculpture from Stephan Balkenhol's early creative period.
• This “ Mann im blauen Hemd ” (Man in a Blue Shirt) won him the Bremen Art Prize in 1989.
• No other contemporary sculptor has succeeded in creating such a distinctive toeuvre.
• Owned by the same family since its creation.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich.
Private collection, Schleswig-Holstein (acquired from the above in 1989).
EXHIBITION: Bremen Art Prize 1989: Stephan Balkenhol, Klaus VomBruch, Katharina Fritsch, Marin Kasimir, Anne Loch, Klaus Merkel, Michael van Ofen, Hermann EsRichter, Yuji Takeoka, Gudrun Wassermann, Kunsthalle Bremen, October 29–November 26, 1989, cat. no. 4.
Ten Years of Young Art in Malmö: Between 80-90, Kost Museet, Malmö, January 27–February 24, 1991; Kampnagelfabrik, Hamburg, February 9–March 3, 1991.
Wood sculpture. Maple, in color.
Height: 130 cm (51.1 in). Height incl. base: 241 cm (94,8 in).
[AW].
• Monumental wooden sculpture from Stephan Balkenhol's early creative period.
• This “ Mann im blauen Hemd ” (Man in a Blue Shirt) won him the Bremen Art Prize in 1989.
• No other contemporary sculptor has succeeded in creating such a distinctive toeuvre.
• Owned by the same family since its creation.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich.
Private collection, Schleswig-Holstein (acquired from the above in 1989).
EXHIBITION: Bremen Art Prize 1989: Stephan Balkenhol, Klaus VomBruch, Katharina Fritsch, Marin Kasimir, Anne Loch, Klaus Merkel, Michael van Ofen, Hermann EsRichter, Yuji Takeoka, Gudrun Wassermann, Kunsthalle Bremen, October 29–November 26, 1989, cat. no. 4.
Ten Years of Young Art in Malmö: Between 80-90, Kost Museet, Malmö, January 27–February 24, 1991; Kampnagelfabrik, Hamburg, February 9–March 3, 1991.
125001201
Stephan Balkenhol
Mann in blauem Hemd, 1989.
Wood sculpture. Maple, in color
Estimate:
€ 35,000 - 45,000
$ 40,950 - 52,650
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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