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Lot 125000396
Lot 125000396 
125000396
Horst Antes
Mauerbild VII (Garten des Malers), 1966.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 45,200 - 67,800
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Mauerbild VII (Garten des Malers). 1966.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed “Aquatec” on the reverse of the canvas. 100 x 150 cm (39.3 x 59 in). [AW].
• In terms of its intense colors, tonality, and complex motifs, this is a particularly remarkable work from the 1960s.
• Following Ante's development of the “Head-Footer” motif in the early 1960s, the central motif in the artist's oeuvre underwent constant change.
• Extensive exhibition history since it was created.
• In family ownership for over 40 years.
• Works by the pioneer of new figurative painting can be found in many international collections, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Kunstmuseum Basel, and the Hamburger Kunsthalle.
PROVENANCE: Christoph Pudelko Collection, Bonn.
Private collection, Troisdorf.
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 1982).
EXHIBITION: Galerie Schmücking, Brunswick, September 1966.
Horst Antes, Galerie Gimpel & Hanover, Zurich, October 10–November 18, 1967 (exhibition label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Horst Antes, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, January 23–February 17, 1968, cat. no. 27 (with b/w ill., with the exhibition label on the reverse of the stretcher)
Reiche des Phantastischen, Städtische Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, May 8–June 30, 1968, cat. no. 3
Horst Antes. Bilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Galerie Pudelko, Bonn, October 28–November 3, 1972 (illustrated in color).
Horst Antes. Bilder und Gouachen 1966–1985, Galerie Wilbrand, Cologne, February 22–April 25, 1987 (illustrated in color on the invitation).
Großhaus Collection. Horst Antes. Arbeiten von 1959 bis 2002, Schleswig-Holstein State Museums, Gottdorf Castle, Schleswig, April 6–July 6, 2003 (illustrated in color on p. 69).
Lieblingsbilder aus der Sammlung Großhaus, Schleswig-Holstein State Museums, Gottdorf Castle, Schleswig, April 28, 2013–January 12, 2014 (illustrated in color on pp. 30/31).
LITERATURE: Volker Volkens, Horst Antes. Catalogue raisonné of paintings 1965 to 1968, Künzelsau 2017, cat. no. 1966-23 (illustrated in color on p. 99).
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Sotheby's, London, December 2, 1982, lot 331 (illustrated in color).
Horst Antes, Kunstmuseum Hanover with Sprengel Collection, catalog of the Hermann Collection, Bremen, Hanover 1983, p. 26.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed “Aquatec” on the reverse of the canvas. 100 x 150 cm (39.3 x 59 in). [AW].
• In terms of its intense colors, tonality, and complex motifs, this is a particularly remarkable work from the 1960s.
• Following Ante's development of the “Head-Footer” motif in the early 1960s, the central motif in the artist's oeuvre underwent constant change.
• Extensive exhibition history since it was created.
• In family ownership for over 40 years.
• Works by the pioneer of new figurative painting can be found in many international collections, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Kunstmuseum Basel, and the Hamburger Kunsthalle.
PROVENANCE: Christoph Pudelko Collection, Bonn.
Private collection, Troisdorf.
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 1982).
EXHIBITION: Galerie Schmücking, Brunswick, September 1966.
Horst Antes, Galerie Gimpel & Hanover, Zurich, October 10–November 18, 1967 (exhibition label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Horst Antes, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, January 23–February 17, 1968, cat. no. 27 (with b/w ill., with the exhibition label on the reverse of the stretcher)
Reiche des Phantastischen, Städtische Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, May 8–June 30, 1968, cat. no. 3
Horst Antes. Bilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Galerie Pudelko, Bonn, October 28–November 3, 1972 (illustrated in color).
Horst Antes. Bilder und Gouachen 1966–1985, Galerie Wilbrand, Cologne, February 22–April 25, 1987 (illustrated in color on the invitation).
Großhaus Collection. Horst Antes. Arbeiten von 1959 bis 2002, Schleswig-Holstein State Museums, Gottdorf Castle, Schleswig, April 6–July 6, 2003 (illustrated in color on p. 69).
Lieblingsbilder aus der Sammlung Großhaus, Schleswig-Holstein State Museums, Gottdorf Castle, Schleswig, April 28, 2013–January 12, 2014 (illustrated in color on pp. 30/31).
LITERATURE: Volker Volkens, Horst Antes. Catalogue raisonné of paintings 1965 to 1968, Künzelsau 2017, cat. no. 1966-23 (illustrated in color on p. 99).
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Sotheby's, London, December 2, 1982, lot 331 (illustrated in color).
Horst Antes, Kunstmuseum Hanover with Sprengel Collection, catalog of the Hermann Collection, Bremen, Hanover 1983, p. 26.
125000396
Horst Antes
Mauerbild VII (Garten des Malers), 1966.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 45,200 - 67,800
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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