Sale: 378 / Post War / Contemporary Art, May 07. 2011 in Munich Lot 508

Gerd Dehof - Torso


508
Gerd Dehof
Torso, 1968.
Sculpture
Estimate:
€ 2,500 / $ 2,675
Sold:
€ 3,500 / $ 3,745

(incl. surcharge)
Sculpture, marble
74 x 25 x 24 cm (29,1 x 9,8 x 9,4 in)

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany. Acquired directly from the artist.

EXHIBITION: Künstlerbund Rhein - Neckar, Saarbrücken 1968.

After completing locksmith training, Gerd Dehof was drafted for military service and returned severely injured in 1944. As a student of Carl Trummer he was set on a path of artistic passion. He was co-founder of the ‘Freie Akademie Mannheim‘, from which the later ‘Fachhochschule für Gestaltung‘ [University of Applied Science]. As of 1957 he was head of the sculpting clas at the ‘Freie Akademie Mannheim‘. [EH].




508
Gerd Dehof
Torso, 1968.
Sculpture
Estimate:
€ 2,500 / $ 2,675
Sold:
€ 3,500 / $ 3,745

(incl. surcharge)