Sale: 611 / Day Sale, Dec. 05. 2026 in Munich → Lot 126000100
126000100
Richard Oelze
Gedankenstätte, 1959.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 50,000
$ 34,500 - 57,500
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
126000100
Richard Oelze
Gedankenstätte, 1959.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 50,000
$ 34,500 - 57,500
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Richard Oelze
1900 - 1980
Gedankenstätte. 1959.
Oil on canvas.
80 x 100 cm (31.4 x 39.3 in). [EH].
• Ambiguous forms in nebulous pictorial worlds characterize the work of this German surrealist.
• Works from the 1950s are among the artist’s most striking pieces.
• He participated in documenta II in 1959, the year the work was made, and documenta III (1964) in Kassel, as well as in the Venice Biennale in 1968.
• Works by Richard Oelze are at, among others, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate
Private collection, Lower Saxony (obtained from the above).
EXHIBITION: Große Kunstausstellung Munich 1959, no. 624 (not illustrated) (with a label on the stretcher).
1900 - 1980
Gedankenstätte. 1959.
Oil on canvas.
80 x 100 cm (31.4 x 39.3 in). [EH].
• Ambiguous forms in nebulous pictorial worlds characterize the work of this German surrealist.
• Works from the 1950s are among the artist’s most striking pieces.
• He participated in documenta II in 1959, the year the work was made, and documenta III (1964) in Kassel, as well as in the Venice Biennale in 1968.
• Works by Richard Oelze are at, among others, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate
Private collection, Lower Saxony (obtained from the above).
EXHIBITION: Große Kunstausstellung Munich 1959, no. 624 (not illustrated) (with a label on the stretcher).
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