Lot 137
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Carl Strathmann
Stilleben mit Sonnenblumen in ornamentaler Vase, 1916.
Mixed media. Gouache, India ink, varnish and me...
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,300 Sold:
€ 21,590 / $ 23,749 (incl. surcharge)
Stilleben mit Sonnenblumen in ornamentaler Vase. 1916.
Mixed media. Gouache, India ink, varnish and metal coating on cardboard. Inscribed "Metallgetrieben" by hand on the reverse.
Signed and dated lower left. 99 x 69 cm (38.9 x 27.1 in).
• A fascinating variety of materials and coloristic-technical virtuosity.
• Art Nouveau elegance and opulent fin-de-siècle opulence in decorative ornamentation.
• As a representative of the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk, Strathmann was a member of the German Werkbund from 1912/13.
• In 2019, the Munich City Museum honored him with the grand retrospective exhibition “Jugendstil skurril”.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Bavaria.
Mixed media. Gouache, India ink, varnish and metal coating on cardboard. Inscribed "Metallgetrieben" by hand on the reverse.
Signed and dated lower left. 99 x 69 cm (38.9 x 27.1 in).
• A fascinating variety of materials and coloristic-technical virtuosity.
• Art Nouveau elegance and opulent fin-de-siècle opulence in decorative ornamentation.
• As a representative of the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk, Strathmann was a member of the German Werkbund from 1912/13.
• In 2019, the Munich City Museum honored him with the grand retrospective exhibition “Jugendstil skurril”.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Bavaria.
137
Carl Strathmann
Stilleben mit Sonnenblumen in ornamentaler Vase, 1916.
Mixed media. Gouache, India ink, varnish and me...
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,300 Sold:
€ 21,590 / $ 23,749 (incl. surcharge)