Sale: 479 / Classics of the 20th Century I, Dec. 08. 2018 in Munich Lot 801

 

801
Willi Baumeister
OBU, 1948.
Mixed media. Oil and synthetic resin on board
Estimate:
€ 60,000 / $ 64,800
Sold:
€ 75,000 / $ 81,000

(incl. surcharge)
OBU. 1948.
Mixed media. Oil and synthetic resin on board.
Beye/Baumeister 1019. Signd in lower left. Verso titled and dated as well as dedicated. 45.5 x 54 cm (17.9 x 21.2 in).

PROVENANCE: Private collection.
Galerie Hella Nebelung, Düsseldorf.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.

"My figures want to be alive, too, they want to be real. More real, if thta was possible, than nature. More real than the ancient figures. Much more real, if that was posible."
Willi Baumeister, quote after: Heinz Spielmann, Jahrbuch der Hamburger Kunstsammlungen 12, 1967, pp. 166f.




801
Willi Baumeister
OBU, 1948.
Mixed media. Oil and synthetic resin on board
Estimate:
€ 60,000 / $ 64,800
Sold:
€ 75,000 / $ 81,000

(incl. surcharge)