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Robert Michel
Ein 2tes Schützenfest, 1920/21.
Color India Ink and opaque white on chalk-prime...
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 46,400 Sold:
€ 51,600 / $ 59,855 (incl. surcharge)
113
Robert Michel
Ein 2tes Schützenfest, 1920/21.
Color India Ink and opaque white on chalk-prime...
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 46,400 Sold:
€ 51,600 / $ 59,855 (incl. surcharge)
Robert Michel
1897 - 1983
Ein 2tes Schützenfest. 1920/21.
Color India Ink and opaque white on chalk-primed cardboard on plywood.
Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed “für B. & Sch. München” (for B. & Sch. Munich) in the lower right corner. Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed with technical information on the reverse, as well as twice stamped “Heimatmuseum Schmelz”. 63.5 x 66 cm (25 x 25.9 in). Including plywood plate: 85 x 88 cm (33,4 x 34,6
Laid on the plywood plate by the artist. [AW].
• Masterful combination of collage principles and mechanical elements.
• Dadaism, Constructivism, and Futurism characterize his artwork.
• The artist and his wife were friends with Willi Baumeister, Kurt Schwitters, and László Moholy-Nagy.
• Works by Robert Michel can be found in renowned museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Sprengel Museum in Hanover, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
PROVENANCE: Artist's studio (probably until at least 1968. Verso stamped “Heimatmuseum of Modern Art,” Schmelz).
Margit Chanin, New York (1968, possibly on loan for an exhibition, verso marked by the artist “July 1968: reframed for Margit Chanin, NY”).
Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin.
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 1977).
EXHIBITION: Perhaps Galerie Sydow, Frankfurt a. M., 1964 (with the gallery label on the reverse).
1897 - 1983
Ein 2tes Schützenfest. 1920/21.
Color India Ink and opaque white on chalk-primed cardboard on plywood.
Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed “für B. & Sch. München” (for B. & Sch. Munich) in the lower right corner. Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed with technical information on the reverse, as well as twice stamped “Heimatmuseum Schmelz”. 63.5 x 66 cm (25 x 25.9 in). Including plywood plate: 85 x 88 cm (33,4 x 34,6
Laid on the plywood plate by the artist. [AW].
• Masterful combination of collage principles and mechanical elements.
• Dadaism, Constructivism, and Futurism characterize his artwork.
• The artist and his wife were friends with Willi Baumeister, Kurt Schwitters, and László Moholy-Nagy.
• Works by Robert Michel can be found in renowned museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Sprengel Museum in Hanover, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
PROVENANCE: Artist's studio (probably until at least 1968. Verso stamped “Heimatmuseum of Modern Art,” Schmelz).
Margit Chanin, New York (1968, possibly on loan for an exhibition, verso marked by the artist “July 1968: reframed for Margit Chanin, NY”).
Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin.
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 1977).
EXHIBITION: Perhaps Galerie Sydow, Frankfurt a. M., 1964 (with the gallery label on the reverse).
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