242
Ursula Schultze-Bluhm
Schmetterlings-Nacht, 1996.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 14,000 - 18,000

 
$ 16,380 - 21,060

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242
Ursula Schultze-Bluhm
Schmetterlings-Nacht, 1996.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 14,000 - 18,000

 
$ 16,380 - 21,060

+
 

Ursula Schultze-Bluhm
1921 - 1999

Schmetterlings-Nacht. 1996.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower left corner. Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse of the canvas, as well as once more dated and titled on the stretcher. 60 x 80 cm (23.6 x 31.4 in). [AW].

Ursula Schultze-Bluhm’s imaginary worlds are brimming with energy, poise, and surreal poetic elements.
• The work featured in the highly acknowledged solo show at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne in 2023.
• A remarkable artist of the postwar avant-garde with an independent and multifaceted body of work.
• Participated in documenta 6 in Kassel in 1977 and the Sydney Biennale in 1979
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PROVENANCE: From the estate of Evelyn Weiss and Gerhard Ott (acquired directly from the artist).
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 2017).

EXHIBITION: Ursula. Werke aus den Jahren 1970 bis 1996, Galerie Timm Gierig, Frankfurt am Main, Oct. 12, 1996–June 8, 1997, cat. no. 34 (p. 15).
Ursula: Das bin ich. Na und?, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, March 18-July 23, 2023, p. 328 (with illu.).

LITERATURE: Evelyn Weiss (ed.), Ursula, Munich 2007, CR no. 96/014 (illustrated in color on p. 429).

Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 16.09 h +/- 20 min.





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