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a picture of a picture of a bull in the skya black and white drawing of a goat on a wall
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Estimate €150 - €300
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Otto Pankok* (Mülheim an der Ruhr 1893 – 1966 Wesel) Cow woodcut on paper, 72 x 42.5 cm inscribed ‘Nachlass Otto Pankok’ ESTIMATE °€ 150 – € 300 STARTING PRICE °€ 150 Otto Pankok was a German painter, graphic artist and sculptor working in the style of expressive realism who resisted National Socialism. Born on 6 June 1893 in Mülheim, he studied briefly at the art academies in Düsseldorf and Weimar (1912), furthered his artistic development as a self-taught artist through travels to Paris, the south of France, Spain and the Netherlands, created the cycle ‘The Passion’ (60 charcoal drawings) in 1933/34, was banned from painting by the Nazis as a “degenerate artist”, taught as a professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1947 to 1958, and was a co-founder of the Rhenish Secession. Pankok created large-format monochrome charcoal drawings, woodcuts, etchings and bronze sculptures characterised by powerful contours, expressive lines and a focus on marginalised people, the persecuted, animals and landscapes. Over 6,000 drawings, 800 woodcuts, ‘Spanish Models’ and ‘Jewish Memorial’ as humanitarian statements. Further artists and styles: Vincent van Gogh, Rhenish Secession, Düsseldorf Art Academy, Expressionist Realism, ‘The Passion’ cycle, Expressive Realism, Johanna Ey, Otto Dix, Rhenish Modernism 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 statutory 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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