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
$ 21,060 - 28,080
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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).
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
$ 21,060 - 28,080
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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