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13 - Gertrud Boernick*
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Estimate €80 - €150
Description
Gertrud Boernick* (Cologne 1931 – 2017) Ship of Life woodcut on paper, 17.4 x 14.5 cm signed ‘Best wishes for the New Year from Peter and Gertrud Boernick’ ESTIMATE €80 – €150 STARTING PRICE €80 German painter, graphic artist and book artist of the 20th and 21st centuries. Born in Cologne in 1931, died there in 2017. Studied drawing and painting from 1946 to 1949 with Heinz Hamm in Prüm, Eifel, and later studied advertising graphics; worked as a freelance artist from 1965 and took part in exhibitions from 1969. Best known for her unique books and book objects since 1991, which combine painting, collages, handwritten texts, fabrics, feathers, metal and other materials to create sensual Gesamtkunstwerke; Illustrations for authors such as Christian Morgenstern, Ingeborg Bachmann, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann and Grimm’s fairy tales (‘Allerleirauh’, ‘Rotkäppchen-Variationen’). Exhibitions include the Kunst- und Museumsbibliothek Köln (2016, to mark her 85th birthday); works are held in public collections. Related artists and terms: artist’s book, unique book, material collage, book object, linocut, fairy-tale illustration, contemporary object art, Heinz Hamm, Peter Boernieck, Book Art Biennial, sensual materials, Albertina Collection PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price comprises the highest bid plus the buyer’s premium, VAT and, where applicable, the artists’ resale rights fee and platform fee. In the case of standard taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13 per cent (20 per cent for photographs) is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer’s premium and the platform fee. The buyer’s premium amounts to 28 per cent in the case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.
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About the sale Modern Art
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Auction time 09/30/2026 at 10:00 AM
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