Sale: 524 / Post War / Contemporary Art II, Dec. 10. 2021 in Munich Lot 60

 

60
Stephan Balkenhol
Männerprofil, 2003.
Relief. Acrylic paint on panel
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,440
Sold:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,400

(incl. surcharge)
Männerprofil. 2003.
Relief. Acrylic paint on panel.
Verso signed and dated. 140 x 99 x 2.6 cm (55.1 x 38.9 x 1 in).
[SL].
• Characteristic sculpture relief in gaudy colors and with an interesting surface structure.
• The expression of the depicted oscillates between a tense and calm thoughtfulness, closeness and remoteness, sympathy and distance.
• Balkenhol uses traditional tools like gouge, carving knife and beater to form the relief heads from the wood.
• Balkenhol's works are on display at, among others, the Kunsthalle Hamburg, the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, or the Kunstmuseum Basel
.

"I want everything at once: sensuality, expression, but not too much of it, vibrancy, but no shallow verbiage, momentousness, but no anecdote, wit, but no groaner, self irony, but no cynicism. And most of all a fine, calm, moved figure that says all and nothing at once. I want the figure to surpas itself, to tell things about itself and others, but without making faces." (Stephan Balkenhol, quote from: Hans Werner Schmidt (editor), Stephan Balkenhol, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig 2001, p. 2)




60
Stephan Balkenhol
Männerprofil, 2003.
Relief. Acrylic paint on panel
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,440
Sold:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,400

(incl. surcharge)