Sale: 522 / Modern Art II, Dec. 11. 2021 in Munich Lot 449

 

449
Adolf Hölzel
Glasfensterentwurf, 1932.
Pastel
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,800
Sold:
€ 35,000 / $ 38,500

(incl. surcharge)
Glasfensterentwurf. 1932.
Pastel.
Venzmer P II 19.47, draft for G IV 5.8. On flock-coated paper. 51.1 x 33 cm (20.1 x 12.9 in), size of sheet.
[AM].
• Among Adolf Hölzel' abstract works the impressive glass stained windows occupy a special position.
• Between 1906 and 1918 the artist had a teaching post for painting at the Stuttgart Academy.
• In later years the generation of artists around the Bauhaus teachers Johannes Itten (1888-1967) and Oskar Schlemmer (1888-1943) were particularly occupied with Hölzel's theories
.

PROVENANCE: Pelikan Collection, Hanover.
Galerie Schlichtenmaier, 2001, cat. no. 17.
Private collection Saxony (acquired from the above).
Private collection Hesse (acquired from the above).

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, 1993, cat. no. 41.




449
Adolf Hölzel
Glasfensterentwurf, 1932.
Pastel
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,800
Sold:
€ 35,000 / $ 38,500

(incl. surcharge)