Lot 475 
Raumbeispiel
475
Horst Antes
Kopf in Kopf, 1965.
Watercolor, gouache and chalks over pencil
Estimate:
€ 9,000 / $ 10,620 Sold:
€ 10,625 / $ 12,537 (incl. surcharge)
Kopf in Kopf. 1965.
Watercolor, gouache and chalks over pencil.
Upper right signed and barely legibly dated. On brownish Richard de Bas laid paper (with the watermark). 39.3 x 28.5 cm (15.4 x 11.2 in), the full sheet. [CH].
• Early example of the characteristic, reduced "Head" figure which Horst Antes conceived as a development of the "Kopffüßler" (Head Footer) from the early 1960s.
• An expression of the artist's unmistakable pictorial language.
• Up until today the artist uses the oversized heads to address the intellectual potential of man.
• The "Heads" and the "Head Footers" are among the artist's most sought-after motifs.
• Privately-owned for more than 20 years.
Accompanied by a photo expertise issued by the office of Prof. Horst Antes, Karlsruhe, from May 3, 2021.
PROVENANCE: Lefebre Galleries, New York.
Private collection Baden-Württemberg (since 2000, Kunsthallen, Copenhagen, May 17, 2000, lot 8).
Watercolor, gouache and chalks over pencil.
Upper right signed and barely legibly dated. On brownish Richard de Bas laid paper (with the watermark). 39.3 x 28.5 cm (15.4 x 11.2 in), the full sheet. [CH].
• Early example of the characteristic, reduced "Head" figure which Horst Antes conceived as a development of the "Kopffüßler" (Head Footer) from the early 1960s.
• An expression of the artist's unmistakable pictorial language.
• Up until today the artist uses the oversized heads to address the intellectual potential of man.
• The "Heads" and the "Head Footers" are among the artist's most sought-after motifs.
• Privately-owned for more than 20 years.
Accompanied by a photo expertise issued by the office of Prof. Horst Antes, Karlsruhe, from May 3, 2021.
PROVENANCE: Lefebre Galleries, New York.
Private collection Baden-Württemberg (since 2000, Kunsthallen, Copenhagen, May 17, 2000, lot 8).
475
Horst Antes
Kopf in Kopf, 1965.
Watercolor, gouache and chalks over pencil
Estimate:
€ 9,000 / $ 10,620 Sold:
€ 10,625 / $ 12,537 (incl. surcharge)
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