Sale: 541 / Contemporary Art Day Sale, June 09. 2023 in Munich Lot 198

 

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Stephan Balkenhol
Mann mit Margeritenaugen, 1995.
Wooden sculpture. Cedar wood, partly with colors
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,400
Sold:
€ 40,640 / $ 43,891

(incl. surcharge)
Mann mit Margeritenaugen. 1995.
Wooden sculpture. Cedar wood, partly with colors.
185 x 106.7 x 73.7 cm (72.8 x 42 x 29 in).
[EH].
• No other contemporary sculptor has created such an inimitable body of works.
• Unique object with a high recognition value.
• In 2020/21 the Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg showed a comprehensive Balkenhol exhibition
.

PROVENANCE: Private collection New York.
Private collection Southern Germany.

EXHIBITION: Stephan Balkenhol. Galerie Barbara Gladstone, New York, April 19 - May 31, 1997.

With his monumental figures that Stephan Balkenhol carves from just a single block, the artist revided figurative sculpting. No matter the size they come in, his sculptures emanate great calm despite their rugged surfaces. Despite all monumentality, it is the humorous notion that prevents any form of heroic appeal. Stephan Balkenhol finds a charming nuance in the man with the marguerite eyes somewhere between beauty parlor and the classic mizaru motif: the man sees with the flowers, their yellow center forming a glowing eye, thus making the man someone who sees the world with different eyes. [EH]



198
Stephan Balkenhol
Mann mit Margeritenaugen, 1995.
Wooden sculpture. Cedar wood, partly with colors
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,400
Sold:
€ 40,640 / $ 43,891

(incl. surcharge)