Lot 393
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Josef Scharl
Apokalyptisches Tier (Apocalyptic Beast), 1938.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,440 Sold:
€ 33,020 / $ 35,661 (incl. surcharge)
Apokalyptisches Tier (Apocalyptic Beast). 1938.
Oil on canvas.
Firmenich/Lukas 346. Signed and dated in lower left. 64.7 x 78.8 cm (25.4 x 31 in).
[AR].
• One of the symbolically encrypted and yet very visionary works made after the Nazis had seized power in 1933.
• In December of the year the work was made, Josef Scharl emigrated to the USA, where he, after initial hardships, soon found great recognition.
• Part of several U.S. exhibitons during the artist's lifetime.
• For the first time offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE: Nierendorf Gallery, New York.
Private collection USA.
EXHIBITION: Josef Scharl. Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints, Nierendorf Gallery, New York, April 1 - 20, 1941, no. 27.
Josef Scharl, Nierendorf Gallery, New York, October 10 - 30, 1943, no. 14.
The one hundred and fortieth annual exhibition of painting and sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, January 19 - February 25, 1945, cat. no. 43.
LITERATURE: Alfred Neumeyer, Josef Scharl, New York, 1945 (with illu. p. 37).
Oil on canvas.
Firmenich/Lukas 346. Signed and dated in lower left. 64.7 x 78.8 cm (25.4 x 31 in).
[AR].
• One of the symbolically encrypted and yet very visionary works made after the Nazis had seized power in 1933.
• In December of the year the work was made, Josef Scharl emigrated to the USA, where he, after initial hardships, soon found great recognition.
• Part of several U.S. exhibitons during the artist's lifetime.
• For the first time offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE: Nierendorf Gallery, New York.
Private collection USA.
EXHIBITION: Josef Scharl. Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints, Nierendorf Gallery, New York, April 1 - 20, 1941, no. 27.
Josef Scharl, Nierendorf Gallery, New York, October 10 - 30, 1943, no. 14.
The one hundred and fortieth annual exhibition of painting and sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, January 19 - February 25, 1945, cat. no. 43.
LITERATURE: Alfred Neumeyer, Josef Scharl, New York, 1945 (with illu. p. 37).
393
Josef Scharl
Apokalyptisches Tier (Apocalyptic Beast), 1938.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,440 Sold:
€ 33,020 / $ 35,661 (incl. surcharge)
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