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Karl Kunz
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Karl Kunz
- Landscape
- signed and dated 6.55 K. Kunz lower right; signed, inscribed and titled on the reverse Karl Kunz, Weilburg/Lahn / "Landschaft"
- oil on canvasboard
- 150 by 100cm., 59 by 39¼in.
Provenance
Estate of the artist; thence by descent to the present owner, the artist's son
Literature
Claudia Denk & Christina Krügl, eds., Karl Kunz. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde und Skulpturen, Munich, 1996, p. 171, no. 214, catalogued and illustrated
Karl Kunz online catalogue raisonné, no. 214 (karlkunz.de)
Karl Kunz online catalogue raisonné, no. 214 (karlkunz.de)
Condition
The canvasboard is flat, even and ensuring a stable support. Ultra-violet light reveals no visible signs of retouching. Apart from a few very minor surface scuffs towards the upper-left of the composition, this work is in very good original condition and ready to hang.
Presented in a simple wood and cream-painted frame.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Kunz's landscapes and figural works defy categorisation, blending the fanatstical, the surreal, and Art Deco forms. The son of a carpenter and largely self-taught, Kunz's early influences included Cézanne and Kandinsky. His painting was denounced as entartet (degenerate) by the Nazi regime and he was forced into internal exile at his parents' home in Augsburg, where he continued to paint. Much of his oeuvre was destroyed when a bomb hit his studio in 1944; after the War, he joined the Neue Gruppe in Munich, whose number included Willi Baumeister, and at the 1954 Venice Biennale was shown alongside Klee and Schlemmer. Today, Kunz is recognised as one of Germany's foremost mid twentieth-century artists. His work was the subject of a major retrospective at the Von der Heydt Museum in Wuppertal in 2014.