Sale: 416 / Post War / Contemporary Art, June 07. 2014 in Munich Lot 412

 
Willi Baumeister - Mo II


412
Willi Baumeister
Mo II, 1954.
Silkscreen in colors
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,210
Sold:
€ 4,250 / $ 4,547

(incl. surcharge)
Mo II. 1954.
Silkscreen in colors.
Spielmann/Baumeister 214. Signed and numbered. From an edition of 70 copies. O n firm wove paper. 38,5 x 55 cm (15,1 x 21,6 in). Sheet: 50 x 65 cm (19,6 x 25,4 in).
Silkscreen in colors after the painting 'Mo' from 1954 (Beye/Baumeister 1976). The title 'Mo' is an bbreviation for 'Montaru'. Baumeister describes the title of a work series in a letter from 13 February, 1955 to Paul Wember as follows: "Mons=Mountain , actually flying mountain. Aru = phonetic sound for the respective color" (transl. quote after Beye/Baumeister, Willi Baumeister, Werkkatalog der Gemälde, vol. II, 1976, p. 768). [EH].




412
Willi Baumeister
Mo II, 1954.
Silkscreen in colors
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,210
Sold:
€ 4,250 / $ 4,547

(incl. surcharge)