Sale: 416 / Post War / Contemporary Art, June 07. 2014 in Munich Lot 402

 

402
Willi Baumeister
Gilgamesch hat viele Qualen erduldet, 1947.
Oil crayon
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,210
Sold:
€ 4,750 / $ 5,082

(incl. surcharge)
Gilgamesch hat viele Qualen erdultet. 1947.
Oil crayon, rubbed as frottage, pencil and litho chalk.
Ponert 1845. Signed lower right. Verso inscribed "5" and "22" as well as barely legibly inscribed. On wove paper. 25,7 x 35,8 cm (10,1 x 14 in), size of sheet.
This work is the direct model for the stone of the lithograph of the same name (Spielmann 105) from the portfolio "Sumerische Legende". [KP].

PROVENANCE: Private collection Austria.




402
Willi Baumeister
Gilgamesch hat viele Qualen erduldet, 1947.
Oil crayon
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,210
Sold:
€ 4,750 / $ 5,082

(incl. surcharge)