Lot 38
  • 38

Georg Baselitz

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 GBP
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Description

  • Georg Baselitz
  • Hirte
  • signed with the artist's initials; signed, titled and dated 66 on the reverse
  • pencil, charcoal and gouache on paper
  • 52 by 42cm.; 20 1/2 by 15 1/2 in.

Provenance

Galerie Franz Dahlem, Darmstadt

Dr. Helmut Beck, Stuttgart (acquired from the above in 1970)

Sale: Sotheby’s, London, The Beck Collection: German and Austrian Expressionist and Modern Art, Vol. II, 9 October 2002, Lot 227

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel, Georg Baselitz: Zeichnungen, 1970, n.p., no. 86

Condition

Colour: The colour in the printed catalogue is fairly accurate, although the grey is bluer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. This work is attached verso to the backing board. There are artists pinholes in all four corners and all four edges are deckled. There is some undulation to the sheet and minor creases in places.
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