Charity Auction: Unique Art Collection for the 60th Anniversary
From Calder to Schwitters
Calder
Alexander Calder
Yellow Crinkly
Object. Standing mobile of steel sheet, steel wire and bolts on metal foot. In colors. 1963
Height: ca 34,90 cm (c. 13.7 in)
Estimate: € 300.000-400.000
Munich, 23 April, 2014, (kk) – More than 20 choice works from the 1910s to the 1980s will be included in the small but very fine Special Catalog with works of Modern Classic and Post War Art. The select works from an exquisite private collection will be called up in context of the auctions held on occasion of Ketterer Kunst's 60th anniversary in Munich on 6 6 and 7 June.
Proceeds will go to the benefit of a foundation that supports molecular-biological research at the American Mayo Clinic.

The array of notable artworks is led by Alexander Calder's standing mobile "Yellow Crinkly". The artist's sensitive creations with their hovering forms and colors are among his most sought-after works on the international art market, accordingly, the work from 1963 will enter the race with an estimate of € 300,000-400,000. Calder's jewelry items, modernist design objects, were popular with celebrities such as Peggy Guggenheim. A unique brooch of silver and steel wire with ceramic fragments from around 1940 may find a new owner for a price starting with an estimate of € 60,000-80,000.

The "Merz-drawings" are definitely among the most popular works by the Hanover native Kurt Schwitters. With these dadaist collages the introvert artist became an experimental enfant terrible with an inexhaustible artistic productivity. To Schwitters "Merz" was not only the name of the style of his one-man art movement, but also an artistic revolution and recommencement. In his "Merz" works he suspends the limits between art genres by integrating various materials and common, simple found items. The dadaist paper collage "Mz 386 Hopf (Merzzeichnung)" from 1922, estimated at € 100,000-150,000, is from this important famous work complex.

Alexej von Jawlensky's expressive watercolor "Frauenkopf Femina" was made around the same time, in 1923 to be more exact, and stands under the influence of the "Fauves". It is part of a series of abstract heads the artist began in 1918. In these works mystical-spiritual human faces are illustrated with great mastery. The estimate is at € 60,000-80,000.

Next to Kasimir Malewitsch's pencil drawing "Sensations mélangées" (estimate: € 40,000-60,000) and Oskar Schlemmer's watercolor "Zwiegespräch (Anklage)" (estimate: € 35,000-50,000) further great works come from artists such as Giacomo Balla, Herbert Bayer, Willi Baumeister, Jeff Beer, Erwin Blumenfeld, August Macke, Joan Miró, Ljubov Sergeevna Popowa, Pablo Picasso, Hans Reichel and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
Preview:
06/07 May,   Ketterer Kunst               Am Holstenwall 5   20355 Hamburg*
10/11 May,   Galerie Barbara
                    von Stechow                 Feldbergstr. 28   60323 Frankfurt*
17-19 May,   Ketterer Kunst               Malkastenstr. 11   40211 Düsseldorf*
24-30 May,   Ketterer Kunst               Fasanenstr. 70   10719 Berlin*
01-05 June,  Ketterer Kunst               Joseph-Wild-Str. 18   81829 Munich**
                * selected works ** all works

Auction in Munich
                06 June     Modern Classics
                07 June     Post War / Contemporary Artt


Since it was founded in 1954, Ketterer Kunst has been firmly established in the front ranks of auction houses dealing in fine art and rare books, with its headquarters in Munich and a branch in Hamburg. Gallery rooms in Berlin as well as representatives in Heidelberg, Düsseldorf and Modena (Italy) contribute substantially to the company's success. In addition, exhibitions, special theme and charity auctions as well as permanent online auctions on www.ketterer-internet-auctions.com are regular events at Ketterer Kunst. Robert Ketterer is auctioneer and owner of Ketterer Kunst.
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