Sale: 605 / Day Sale, June 13. 2026 
Lot 125001198
Lot 125001198 
125001198
Joel Shapiro
Untitled, 1999.
Wooden sculpture, in color
Estimate:
€ 50,000 - 70,000
$ 58,000 - 81,200
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Joel Shapiro
1941 - 2025
Untitled. 1999.
Wooden sculpture, in color.
Signed on the underside. 72.5 x 42 x 62 cm (28.5 x 16.5 x 24.4 in).
• This is the first time a sculpture by the artist is offered on the German auction market.
• Shapiro, who died in June 2025, is considered one of the most important American sculptors of Minimalism.
• Two of his bronze sculptures adorn public spaces in Berlin and Cologne, Germany.
• Shapiro represented the United States at the 37th and 39th Venice Biennales in 1976 and 1980, and was part of documenta 6 in 1977 and documenta 7 in 1982.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Bavaria (acquired in 2000, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich).
1941 - 2025
Untitled. 1999.
Wooden sculpture, in color.
Signed on the underside. 72.5 x 42 x 62 cm (28.5 x 16.5 x 24.4 in).
• This is the first time a sculpture by the artist is offered on the German auction market.
• Shapiro, who died in June 2025, is considered one of the most important American sculptors of Minimalism.
• Two of his bronze sculptures adorn public spaces in Berlin and Cologne, Germany.
• Shapiro represented the United States at the 37th and 39th Venice Biennales in 1976 and 1980, and was part of documenta 6 in 1977 and documenta 7 in 1982.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Bavaria (acquired in 2000, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich).
125001198
Joel Shapiro
Untitled, 1999.
Wooden sculpture, in color
Estimate:
€ 50,000 - 70,000
$ 58,000 - 81,200
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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