Lot 86 
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Bernard Schultze
Walpurgis-Tag (2-teilig), 1989.
Oil (Grisaille) on canvas
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600 Sold:
€ 65,000 / $ 70,200 (incl. surcharge)
Walpurgis-Tag (2-teilig). 1989.
Oil (Grisaille) on canvas.
Diederich/Herrmann 89/59. Signed and dated in lower right. Verso once more signed, dated and titled. 260 x 400 cm (102.3 x 157.4 in).
• One of the few black and white paintings by the artist.
• The story of the "Walpurga" is translated into an abstract design language and spatial structures.
• Impressive large-format diptych.
• An important representative of informal painting.
• Schultze's works are represented in renowned collections, such as the Tate Modern, London, the Museum Folkwang, Essen, or the Museum Ludwig, Cologne.
We are grateful to Dr. Barbara Herrmann, Cologne, for her kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Collection Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt a. M. (acquired directly from the artist).
EXHIBITION: Bernard Schultze. Das große Format, Museum Ludwig, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Cologne, November 12, 1994 - January 15, 1995 I Galleria Communale di Arte Moderna, Bologna, January 27 - February 28, 1995 I Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, until September 24, 1995 I Kunsthalle Centrum 't Elzenveld, Antwerp, November 23, 1995 - January 14, 1996. Bernard Schultze, Deutsche Bank, Unter Sachsenhausen, Cologne, May 4 - July 5, 2004.Tanz der Migofs. Bernard Schultze 1915-2005, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, May 8 - July 3, 2005. Bernard Schultze – Gegenwelten, MMK Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, October 19, 2012 - November 20, 2013.
LITERATURE: Evelyn Weiss/Stephan Diederich/Rainer BuddeBernard, Bernard Schultze. Das große Format, ex. cat., Museum Ludwig et al, Munich, 1994, ex. cat. with full-page illu. on p. 40. Gerhard Leistner (editior), Tanz der Migofs. Bernard Schultze. Werke aus der Sammlung Rugo und dem Atelier des Künstlers, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2005, pp. 17, 26, with color illu. on pp. 20, 41. Eva Müller-Remmert/Walter Smerling (editior), Bernard Schultze – Gegenwelten, Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Cologne, 2012, p. 146, with color illu, pp. 84-85. Tobias Kaufhold/Wim Cox (Fotos), Konstruktiver Dialog. Die Sammlung der deutschen Bank in Köln, in: KUNSTzeit, 1/2001, with color illu. on p. 25. Exhibition leaflet "Bernard Schultze. Gegenwelten", MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, 2012/13, with color illu. 9.
"It is the dubiety of things that keep me from representational painting." (Bernard Schultze, Paris 1996)
Oil (Grisaille) on canvas.
Diederich/Herrmann 89/59. Signed and dated in lower right. Verso once more signed, dated and titled. 260 x 400 cm (102.3 x 157.4 in).
• One of the few black and white paintings by the artist.
• The story of the "Walpurga" is translated into an abstract design language and spatial structures.
• Impressive large-format diptych.
• An important representative of informal painting.
• Schultze's works are represented in renowned collections, such as the Tate Modern, London, the Museum Folkwang, Essen, or the Museum Ludwig, Cologne.
We are grateful to Dr. Barbara Herrmann, Cologne, for her kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Collection Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt a. M. (acquired directly from the artist).
EXHIBITION: Bernard Schultze. Das große Format, Museum Ludwig, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Cologne, November 12, 1994 - January 15, 1995 I Galleria Communale di Arte Moderna, Bologna, January 27 - February 28, 1995 I Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, until September 24, 1995 I Kunsthalle Centrum 't Elzenveld, Antwerp, November 23, 1995 - January 14, 1996. Bernard Schultze, Deutsche Bank, Unter Sachsenhausen, Cologne, May 4 - July 5, 2004.Tanz der Migofs. Bernard Schultze 1915-2005, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, May 8 - July 3, 2005. Bernard Schultze – Gegenwelten, MMK Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, October 19, 2012 - November 20, 2013.
LITERATURE: Evelyn Weiss/Stephan Diederich/Rainer BuddeBernard, Bernard Schultze. Das große Format, ex. cat., Museum Ludwig et al, Munich, 1994, ex. cat. with full-page illu. on p. 40. Gerhard Leistner (editior), Tanz der Migofs. Bernard Schultze. Werke aus der Sammlung Rugo und dem Atelier des Künstlers, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2005, pp. 17, 26, with color illu. on pp. 20, 41. Eva Müller-Remmert/Walter Smerling (editior), Bernard Schultze – Gegenwelten, Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Cologne, 2012, p. 146, with color illu, pp. 84-85. Tobias Kaufhold/Wim Cox (Fotos), Konstruktiver Dialog. Die Sammlung der deutschen Bank in Köln, in: KUNSTzeit, 1/2001, with color illu. on p. 25. Exhibition leaflet "Bernard Schultze. Gegenwelten", MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, 2012/13, with color illu. 9.
"It is the dubiety of things that keep me from representational painting." (Bernard Schultze, Paris 1996)
86
Bernard Schultze
Walpurgis-Tag (2-teilig), 1989.
Oil (Grisaille) on canvas
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600 Sold:
€ 65,000 / $ 70,200 (incl. surcharge)
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