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Classical Modernism Baumeister, Willi
Standing and Seated Fi…
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255
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Classical Modernism Baumeister, Willi
Standing and Seated Fi…
See original version (German)
Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Classical Modernism
Baumeister, Willi
Standing and Seated Figure. 1923. Charcoal and pencil on vellum. 40.7 cm × 25.9 cm. Monogrammed and dated. Framed behind glass, unopened. - Sheet slightly yellowed and showing slight creases; edges minimally rubbed. Overall, apparently in very good condition. Delicate work.
WVZ-0251. - Provenance: Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia. Achim Moeller Ltd, London, 1983. Galerie Büdenhölzer, Emmendingen, 1986. Galerie Gunzenhauser, Munich. - 1984 auction, Lempertz, Cologne. - This drawing represents a significant turning point and the beginning of Baumeister’s second creative phase in the early 1920s. The German artist, who until then had painted exclusively in a representational style, found his way to an increasingly abstract form of expression in his quest for a radical cultural, social and artistic new beginning. After returning from the First World War, Willi Baumeister completed his studies in 1920 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, a city regarded, alongside Weimar, Frankfurt am Main and Berlin, as one of the leading centres of artistic modernism in Germany. The artist’s work from the 1920s, which includes this drawing, is exemplary of the cultural and artistic reorientation of his time.
Charcoal and pencil on wove paper. Monogrammed and dated. Framed behind glass, unopened. – Sheet slightly toned and with minor creases; edges minimally rubbed. Overall, apparently in very good condition. A delicate and finely executed work. - Provenance: Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia. Achim Moeller Ltd., London, 1983. Galerie Büdenhölzer, Emmendingen, 1986. Galerie Gunzenhauser, Munich. - Auction 1984, Lempertz, Cologne. - This drawing marks a significant turning point and the beginning of Baumeister’s second creative phase in the early 1920s. Having worked exclusively in a representational style up to that point, the German artist developed an increasingly abstract visual language in pursuit of a radical cultural, social and artistic new beginning. Following his return from the First World War, Willi Baumeister completed his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart in 1920, a city which, alongside Weimar, Frankfurt am Main and Berlin, ranked among the leading centres of artistic modernism in Germany. The artist’s work from the 1920s, to which this drawing belongs, stands as a compelling example of the cultural and artistic reorientation of that era.
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