124000760
Georg Baselitz
Ohne Titel (Fahne), 1965.
Pen and India ink drawing, with wash
Estimate:
€ 50,000 - 70,000
$ 55,000 - 77,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Ohne Titel (Fahne). 1965.
Pen and India ink drawing, with wash.
On Fabriano paper (with the wwatermark "C. M. Fabriano"). 48.3 x 33 cm (19 x 12.9 in), the full sheet. [KA].
• Very dense and elaborate drawing.
• Early testimony to Baselitz's masterly play with art-historical traditions, provocation, and association.
• Such vibrant works from his early days are scarce on the international auction market.
• In 2022/23, the Morgan Library & Museum New York, and the Albertina in Vienna presented a major retrospective of Baselitz's drawings from 1963 to 2018.
PROVENANCE: Helmut and Margot Kraetz, Dreieich (acquired directly from the artist).
Ruth Miles Pite Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1992, Sotheby's, New York).
Acquired by the current owner from the above.
LITERATURE: Sotheby's, New York, 6290th auction, Contemporary Art, Part II, May 7, 1992, lot 102.
"Drawings are like antics; they amaze you and also terrify you. [..] It is like a language without reason and only makes sense once you have learned the vocabulary [..]."
Georg Baselitz, 1993, quoted from: Georg Baselitz. Gesammelte Schriften und Interviews, München 2011, p. 258.
Pen and India ink drawing, with wash.
On Fabriano paper (with the wwatermark "C. M. Fabriano"). 48.3 x 33 cm (19 x 12.9 in), the full sheet. [KA].
• Very dense and elaborate drawing.
• Early testimony to Baselitz's masterly play with art-historical traditions, provocation, and association.
• Such vibrant works from his early days are scarce on the international auction market.
• In 2022/23, the Morgan Library & Museum New York, and the Albertina in Vienna presented a major retrospective of Baselitz's drawings from 1963 to 2018.
PROVENANCE: Helmut and Margot Kraetz, Dreieich (acquired directly from the artist).
Ruth Miles Pite Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1992, Sotheby's, New York).
Acquired by the current owner from the above.
LITERATURE: Sotheby's, New York, 6290th auction, Contemporary Art, Part II, May 7, 1992, lot 102.
"Drawings are like antics; they amaze you and also terrify you. [..] It is like a language without reason and only makes sense once you have learned the vocabulary [..]."
Georg Baselitz, 1993, quoted from: Georg Baselitz. Gesammelte Schriften und Interviews, München 2011, p. 258.
124000760
Georg Baselitz
Ohne Titel (Fahne), 1965.
Pen and India ink drawing, with wash
Estimate:
€ 50,000 - 70,000
$ 55,000 - 77,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.