Sale: 605 / Day Sale, June 13. 2026 in Munich → Lot 123000196
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123000196
Willi Baumeister
Senkrechte mit Formen, 1937.
Oil and pencil on thin cardboard, laid on panel
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 46,000 - 69,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
123000196
Willi Baumeister
Senkrechte mit Formen, 1937.
Oil and pencil on thin cardboard, laid on panel
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 46,000 - 69,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Willi Baumeister
1889 - 1955
Senkrechte mit Formen. 1937.
Oil and pencil on thin cardboard, laid on panel.
Signed and dated in the lower right. 44.8 x 34.5 cm (17.6 x 13.5 in).
• One of Willi Baumeister’s first purely abstract compositions from his small, early series of works titled “Forms” (1936–1938).
• The floating biomorphic structures show clear parallels to contemporary works by Hans Arp and Alexander Calder.
• Baumeister’s “Form” paintings from 1936 to 1938 are among the key abstract works of the 1930s.
Accompanied by a written confirmation issued by Felicitas Baumeister on November 6, 1987 (in copy).
PROVENANCE: Private collection (until 1965 Kornfeld und Klipstein).
Galerie Klopfer, Zürich.
Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin.
Galerie Schwarzer, Düsseldorf.
LITERATURE: Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, auction 116, June 17-19, 1915, lot 31, illustrated on plate 42.
"However, modern paintings consist almost entirely of the interplay of color and form, and for this reason there are no titles that could possibly capture the content or essence of a modern painting. The true essence of a modern painting lies, both visible and hidden, in the purely external interplay of colors and forms and all their relationships to one another."
Willi Baumeister, quoted from: gleichnisse zur natur, Der Spiegel 3, 1949.
1889 - 1955
Senkrechte mit Formen. 1937.
Oil and pencil on thin cardboard, laid on panel.
Signed and dated in the lower right. 44.8 x 34.5 cm (17.6 x 13.5 in).
• One of Willi Baumeister’s first purely abstract compositions from his small, early series of works titled “Forms” (1936–1938).
• The floating biomorphic structures show clear parallels to contemporary works by Hans Arp and Alexander Calder.
• Baumeister’s “Form” paintings from 1936 to 1938 are among the key abstract works of the 1930s.
Accompanied by a written confirmation issued by Felicitas Baumeister on November 6, 1987 (in copy).
PROVENANCE: Private collection (until 1965 Kornfeld und Klipstein).
Galerie Klopfer, Zürich.
Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin.
Galerie Schwarzer, Düsseldorf.
LITERATURE: Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, auction 116, June 17-19, 1915, lot 31, illustrated on plate 42.
"However, modern paintings consist almost entirely of the interplay of color and form, and for this reason there are no titles that could possibly capture the content or essence of a modern painting. The true essence of a modern painting lies, both visible and hidden, in the purely external interplay of colors and forms and all their relationships to one another."
Willi Baumeister, quoted from: gleichnisse zur natur, Der Spiegel 3, 1949.
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