Lot 334 
Raumbeispiel
334
Karl Fred Dahmen
Ohne Titel, 1959.
Mixed media on canvas
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 20,880 Sold:
€ 38,700 / $ 44,892 (incl. surcharge)
Karl Fred Dahmen
1917 - 1981
Ohne Titel. 1959.
Mixed media on canvas.
Signed, dated, and inscribed with a direction arrow and “ob” on the reverse of the stretcher. 135 x 110 cm (53.1 x 43.3 in). [AW].
• In 1959, the year the work was made, the important representative of Informalism exhibited his work in the documenta II in Kassel.
• In the late 1950s, the materiality of the works increased significantly, culminating in crust-like, relief surfaces with which the artist addressed the destruction and disruption of the earth's surface caused by lignite mining near his hometown.
• Owned by the same family for 35 years.
PROVENANCE: Private collection (until 1988).
Galerie Heseler, Munich.
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 1990).
EXHIBITION: Karl Fred Dahmen. Bilder und Objekte aus 30 Jahren, Galerie Heseler, Munich, October 7–November 30, 1988.
LITERATURE: Thomas Weber (ed.), Volker Dahmen (ed.), K. F. Dahmen. Catalogue raisonné, vol. 1 (1946-1965), Cologne 2003, CR no. 004.59 - B0505 (illustrated in color on p. 258).
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Christie's, London, 3868th auction, June 30, 1988, lot 535 (illustrated in color).
1917 - 1981
Ohne Titel. 1959.
Mixed media on canvas.
Signed, dated, and inscribed with a direction arrow and “ob” on the reverse of the stretcher. 135 x 110 cm (53.1 x 43.3 in). [AW].
• In 1959, the year the work was made, the important representative of Informalism exhibited his work in the documenta II in Kassel.
• In the late 1950s, the materiality of the works increased significantly, culminating in crust-like, relief surfaces with which the artist addressed the destruction and disruption of the earth's surface caused by lignite mining near his hometown.
• Owned by the same family for 35 years.
PROVENANCE: Private collection (until 1988).
Galerie Heseler, Munich.
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 1990).
EXHIBITION: Karl Fred Dahmen. Bilder und Objekte aus 30 Jahren, Galerie Heseler, Munich, October 7–November 30, 1988.
LITERATURE: Thomas Weber (ed.), Volker Dahmen (ed.), K. F. Dahmen. Catalogue raisonné, vol. 1 (1946-1965), Cologne 2003, CR no. 004.59 - B0505 (illustrated in color on p. 258).
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Christie's, London, 3868th auction, June 30, 1988, lot 535 (illustrated in color).
334
Karl Fred Dahmen
Ohne Titel, 1959.
Mixed media on canvas
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 20,880 Sold:
€ 38,700 / $ 44,892 (incl. surcharge)
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