Graue sitzende Figur mit 2 Schlangen. 1982/85.
Aquatec on plywood.
Titled, signed, dated and inscribed with a dedication on the reverse. 78 x 72 cm (30.7 x 28.3 in).
[KT].

• For the first time offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.de).
• Horst Antes lends his figures a unique, monumental presence.
• Works by the artist can be found in numerous international collections, among them the Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and the Kunsthalle Hamburg.

PROVENANCE:
Klaus Kanstinger Collection, Freiburg i.Br. (with a dedication on the reverse).
Private collection Baden-Württemberg (gifted from the above in 2014).

EXHIBITION:
Städtische Galerie, Villingen-Schwenningen / Kunstverein Hochrhein, Bad Säckingen, 1987, cat. no. 2 (illu.).
Antes-Bilder 1959-1993, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen im Haus der Kunst, Munich / Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, August 27 - October 10, 1993, cat. no. 76 (illu.).

LITERATURE:
Klaus Dettmann, Horst Antes. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. 6: 1984-1987, ed. by Studienstiftung Horst Antes, Künzelsau 2010, no. 1985-1 (illu.).

In good condition. The left edge with a fine trace of rubbing due to framing. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of knowledge.