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Willi Baumeister
Fliegende Formen, 1938.
Oil on paper, laminated on thin board
Estimate:
€ 9,000 / $ 10,440 Sold:
€ 57,500 / $ 66,700 (incl. surcharge)
57
Willi Baumeister
Fliegende Formen, 1938.
Oil on paper, laminated on thin board
Estimate:
€ 9,000 / $ 10,440 Sold:
€ 57,500 / $ 66,700 (incl. surcharge)
Fliegende Formen. 1938.
Oil on paper, laminated on thin board.
Baumeister/Beye 764. Lower right signed and dated. Lower left inscribed "Frau Edith Tschichold herzlichst! Der dankbare Gast Willi B. Juni 1938". 42.8 x 30.2 cm (16.8 x 11.8 in), size of sheet.
• In Baumeister‘s journal mentioned as first version of the series "Fliegende Formen" (Flying Forms)
• One of the first six works conceived as "einfarbig dunkel" (monochrome dark) from the ten part work group
• A clear and reduced composition in weightless balance.
PROVENANCE: Collection Edith Tschichold, Basel.
Private collection Rhineland.
LITERATURE: Willi Baumeister, Tagebuch 1928-1955, Baumeister Archive Stuttgart, p. 142.
Dr. Ernst Hauswedell, Hamburg, 149th auction on November 19, 1966, lot 192 (with illu.).
Oil on paper, laminated on thin board.
Baumeister/Beye 764. Lower right signed and dated. Lower left inscribed "Frau Edith Tschichold herzlichst! Der dankbare Gast Willi B. Juni 1938". 42.8 x 30.2 cm (16.8 x 11.8 in), size of sheet.
• In Baumeister‘s journal mentioned as first version of the series "Fliegende Formen" (Flying Forms)
• One of the first six works conceived as "einfarbig dunkel" (monochrome dark) from the ten part work group
• A clear and reduced composition in weightless balance.
PROVENANCE: Collection Edith Tschichold, Basel.
Private collection Rhineland.
LITERATURE: Willi Baumeister, Tagebuch 1928-1955, Baumeister Archive Stuttgart, p. 142.
Dr. Ernst Hauswedell, Hamburg, 149th auction on November 19, 1966, lot 192 (with illu.).
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