Sale: 524 / Post War / Contemporary Art II, Dec. 10. 2021 in Munich Lot 116

 

116
Gerhard Altenbourg
Versuch einer Rückwanderung, 1970.
Mixed media, pencil, Pitt chalk, lithographc ch...
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,240
Sold:
€ 3,375 / $ 3,645

(incl. surcharge)
Versuch einer Rückwanderung. 1970.
Mixed media, pencil, Pitt chalk, lithographc chalk, red chalk and watercolor.
Janda 70/13. Bottom center signed and dated. On machine-made Fabriano laid paper. 67 x 49 cm (26.3 x 19.2 in), the full sheet. [EH].

• Filigree work by one of the most important German graphic artists.
• Altenbourg's works are at, among others, the New York Museum of Modern Art
.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Frankfurt am Main (acquired in 1977)
Private collection Southern Germany.

EXHIBITION: Gerhard Altenbourg zum 50.Geburtstag, Galerie Brusberg Hanover 1976, cat. no. 14
Kunstkabinett Becker vom Rath, Frankfurt a. M. 1977 (with a hand-inscribed label on the reverse).




116
Gerhard Altenbourg
Versuch einer Rückwanderung, 1970.
Mixed media, pencil, Pitt chalk, lithographc ch...
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,240
Sold:
€ 3,375 / $ 3,645

(incl. surcharge)