Sale: 424 / Modern Art, June 11./13. 2015 in Munich Lot 95

 

95
Adolf Hölzel
Komposition mit Kreis, 1927.
Pastel
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,440
Sold:
€ 18,750 / $ 20,250

(incl. surcharge)
Komposition mit Kreis. 1927.
Color Pastel.
Venzmer P II 1.27. 36 x 53 cm (14.1 x 20.8 in), the full sheet.
[EH].

We are grateful to Dr. Alexander Klee, Vienna, for his kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Artist's estate.
Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, 37th auction lot 159 (with illu.).
Sotheby's Berlin, 28 November, 1991, lot 67.

EXHIBITION: Adolf Hölzel. Pastelle, Zeichnungen, Glasfensterentwürfe, Galerie Gunzenhauser, München, 1 June - 29 July, 1989 (cat. no. 1, with illu.).

In the 1920s he made series of pastels, with which - next to windows for churches andsecular building - the artists was predominantly occupied in the last decade of his life. These works are particularly captivating for their innovative compository ideas.



95
Adolf Hölzel
Komposition mit Kreis, 1927.
Pastel
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,440
Sold:
€ 18,750 / $ 20,250

(incl. surcharge)