Sale: 601 / Day Sale, Dec. 06. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125001059
Lot 125001059 
125001059
Horst Antes
Rote Figur, 1961/62.
Egg and oil tempera on canvas
Estimate:
€ 50,000 - 70,000
$ 58,000 - 81,200
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Horst Antes
1936
Rote Figur. 1961/62.
Egg and oil tempera on canvas.
With a hardly legible signature in the lower right corner. Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse. 85 x 55.2 cm (33.4 x 21.7 in). [MH].
• From the early phase of iconic "Head Footer" depictions with which Horst Antes made art history.
• The works from the 1960s are among the artist's most sought-after on the international auction market.
• Egg oil tempera is in the tradition of the old masters and gives the surface a matte depth and longevity.
• Part of an acclaimed private collection in Berlin for 20 years.
Accompanied by a photo certificate of authenticity issued by Dorothée Antes, Karlsruhe, on March 14, 1995 (in copy).
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Copenhagen.
Private collection, Cologne.
Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Grafenau.
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne (2004).
Private collection, Berlin.
Private collection, Berlin (since 2005, Ketterer Kunst, Munich).
EXHIBITION: Horst Antes, Galerie d'Eendt, Amsterdam, May 20–June 30, 1964.
Antes in der Sammlung Wolf und Ursula Hermann. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Gouachen, Zeichnungen, Druckgrafik, Bücher 1959–1971, Gentofte Rådhus, Copenhagen, May 6–28, 1972; Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, June 11–27, 1972 (with ill.).
LITERATURE: Horst Antes. Catalogue raisonné of paintings, vol. 1: 1957–1964, Künzelsau 2020, CR no. 162-3 (illustrated).
Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 293rd auction, May 12, 2005, lot 162 (illustrated, verso with labels).
1936
Rote Figur. 1961/62.
Egg and oil tempera on canvas.
With a hardly legible signature in the lower right corner. Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse. 85 x 55.2 cm (33.4 x 21.7 in). [MH].
• From the early phase of iconic "Head Footer" depictions with which Horst Antes made art history.
• The works from the 1960s are among the artist's most sought-after on the international auction market.
• Egg oil tempera is in the tradition of the old masters and gives the surface a matte depth and longevity.
• Part of an acclaimed private collection in Berlin for 20 years.
Accompanied by a photo certificate of authenticity issued by Dorothée Antes, Karlsruhe, on March 14, 1995 (in copy).
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Copenhagen.
Private collection, Cologne.
Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Grafenau.
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne (2004).
Private collection, Berlin.
Private collection, Berlin (since 2005, Ketterer Kunst, Munich).
EXHIBITION: Horst Antes, Galerie d'Eendt, Amsterdam, May 20–June 30, 1964.
Antes in der Sammlung Wolf und Ursula Hermann. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Gouachen, Zeichnungen, Druckgrafik, Bücher 1959–1971, Gentofte Rådhus, Copenhagen, May 6–28, 1972; Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, June 11–27, 1972 (with ill.).
LITERATURE: Horst Antes. Catalogue raisonné of paintings, vol. 1: 1957–1964, Künzelsau 2020, CR no. 162-3 (illustrated).
Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 293rd auction, May 12, 2005, lot 162 (illustrated, verso with labels).
125001059
Horst Antes
Rote Figur, 1961/62.
Egg and oil tempera on canvas
Estimate:
€ 50,000 - 70,000
$ 58,000 - 81,200
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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