Sale: 447 / Modern Art II, June 08. 2017 in Munich Lot 140

 

140
Albert Birkle
Simon hilft Jesus das Kreuz zu tragen (Farbentwurf für ein Bleiglasfenster), Um 1958.
Mixed media
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,160
Sold:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,160

(incl. surcharge)
Simon hilft Jesus das Kreuz zu tragen (Farbentwurf für ein Bleiglasfenster). Um 1958.
Mixed media. Gouache, India ink and charcoal.
Kraker 702. Lower left signed. On firm wove paper. 55.3 x 43.6 cm (21.7 x 17.1 in), size of sheet.
The work is a draft for a window of the Stations of the Cross in Antonius Kirche in Kuppingen, Baden-Württemberg. The bright colors of this work already hint at the brilliance of the execution in glass. [EH/ST].

We are grateful to Roswita and Victor Pontzen, archive and estate Albert Birkle, Salzburg, for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Heinze, Salzburg.




140
Albert Birkle
Simon hilft Jesus das Kreuz zu tragen (Farbentwurf für ein Bleiglasfenster), Um 1958.
Mixed media
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,160
Sold:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,160

(incl. surcharge)