Sale: 570 / Evening Sale, June 06. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 124001202
Lot 124001202 
124001202
Imi Knoebel
Sonia, 1992.
Acrylic on panel
Estimate:
€ 100,000 - 120,000
$ 105,000 - 126,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Sonia. 1992.
Acrylic on panel.
Signed and dated as well as typographically titled on a label on the reverse. 200 x 140 cm (78.7 x 55.1 in).
• For the first time offered on the international auction market.
• Rare work in a large format from Imi Knoebel's portrait series.
• Knoebel's unique color combination and characteristic style lend the three-dimensional wooden body a “painterly complexion” and distinct character.
• Most recently, Knoebel's works were on view in the exhibition “Imi Knoebel. Green Flag” at White Cube, Hongkong (2023), and in the exhibition ‘Balance’ at Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin (2022).
• Works by Imi Knoebel are in possession of important international collections like the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.
PROVENANCE: Achenbach Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf.
German corporate collection (acquired from the above in September 1992).
Acrylic on panel.
Signed and dated as well as typographically titled on a label on the reverse. 200 x 140 cm (78.7 x 55.1 in).
• For the first time offered on the international auction market.
• Rare work in a large format from Imi Knoebel's portrait series.
• Knoebel's unique color combination and characteristic style lend the three-dimensional wooden body a “painterly complexion” and distinct character.
• Most recently, Knoebel's works were on view in the exhibition “Imi Knoebel. Green Flag” at White Cube, Hongkong (2023), and in the exhibition ‘Balance’ at Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin (2022).
• Works by Imi Knoebel are in possession of important international collections like the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.
PROVENANCE: Achenbach Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf.
German corporate collection (acquired from the above in September 1992).
124001202
Imi Knoebel
Sonia, 1992.
Acrylic on panel
Estimate:
€ 100,000 - 120,000
$ 105,000 - 126,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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