Lot 124001324 
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124001324
Gerhard Altenbourg
Um die Nacht, 1952.
Mixed media. India ink, watercolor and oil pain...
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 33,000 - 44,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Um die Nacht. 1952.
Mixed media. India ink, watercolor and oil paint pen.
Signed, dated and titled in the lower right. On thin cardboard. 63.5 x 89.5 cm (25 x 35.2 in), the full sheet. [EH].
• This is the first time that this work is offered on the international auction market.
• Imaginative, poetic work displaying incredible attention to detail and technical virtuosity.
• Altenbourg took part in documenta II in 1959.
• Altenbourg's works are part of the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, among others.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Hesse (Galerie Springer, 1966).
EXHIBITION: Gerhard Altenbourg. Touring exhibition, including stops at Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, September 20–November 2, 1969; Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, November–December 1969; Galerie Brusberg, Hannover, March 8 - April 12, 1970; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, July 7 - August 9, 1970; Kunstverein Hamburg, May 30 - June 28, 1970.
15 artisti tedeschi - 15 deutsche Künstler. La situazione dell'uomo nel tempo presente. XXVII. Biennale Nazionale dell'Arte, Palazzo della Permanente, Milan, Dec. 1971 - Jan. 1972; Kunstverein Darmstadt, Feb./March 1972.
LITERATURE: Annegret Janda, Gerhard Altenbourg. Monographie undWerkverzeichnis, vol. 1: 1937-1958, Cologne 2004, cat. rais. no. 52/16.
Dieter Brusberg (ed.), Gerhard Altenbourg. Werk-Verzeichnis 1947-1969, with the assistance of Annegret Janda, Hannover 1969, cat. rais. no. 52/16 (illustrated).
Mixed media. India ink, watercolor and oil paint pen.
Signed, dated and titled in the lower right. On thin cardboard. 63.5 x 89.5 cm (25 x 35.2 in), the full sheet. [EH].
• This is the first time that this work is offered on the international auction market.
• Imaginative, poetic work displaying incredible attention to detail and technical virtuosity.
• Altenbourg took part in documenta II in 1959.
• Altenbourg's works are part of the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, among others.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Hesse (Galerie Springer, 1966).
EXHIBITION: Gerhard Altenbourg. Touring exhibition, including stops at Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, September 20–November 2, 1969; Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, November–December 1969; Galerie Brusberg, Hannover, March 8 - April 12, 1970; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, July 7 - August 9, 1970; Kunstverein Hamburg, May 30 - June 28, 1970.
15 artisti tedeschi - 15 deutsche Künstler. La situazione dell'uomo nel tempo presente. XXVII. Biennale Nazionale dell'Arte, Palazzo della Permanente, Milan, Dec. 1971 - Jan. 1972; Kunstverein Darmstadt, Feb./March 1972.
LITERATURE: Annegret Janda, Gerhard Altenbourg. Monographie undWerkverzeichnis, vol. 1: 1937-1958, Cologne 2004, cat. rais. no. 52/16.
Dieter Brusberg (ed.), Gerhard Altenbourg. Werk-Verzeichnis 1947-1969, with the assistance of Annegret Janda, Hannover 1969, cat. rais. no. 52/16 (illustrated).
124001324
Gerhard Altenbourg
Um die Nacht, 1952.
Mixed media. India ink, watercolor and oil pain...
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 33,000 - 44,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
