Lot 129
  • 129

Oskar Schlemmer

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Oskar Schlemmer
  • Geburtstagsgratulation für Gunta Stadler-Stölzl (Birthday Collage for Gunta Stadler-Stölzl)
  • Signed O. Schlemmer and dated (1927) (lower right)
  • Collage, photomontage and watercolor on paper mounted on paper
  • 16 1/2 by 13 1/4 in.; 41.9 by 33.6 cm

Provenance

Gunta Stadler-Stölzl (a gift from the artist on March 5, 1927 to commemorate Stölzl's thirtieth birthday)
Alice Adam Ltd., Chicago
Acquired from the above in 1987-88

Literature

Karin von Maur, Oskar Schlemmer, Oeuvrekatalog der Gemälde, Acquarelle, Pastelle und Plastiken, vol. II, Munich, 1979, no. A259, illustrated p. 271

Condition

Executed on paper mounted on card at several places around the perimeter on verso, mounted on the original window mat which has been t-hinged to a mount at two places on the top of the old mat. Dates on this old mat 5.3.1927. Sheet is slightly time darkened and the newspaper medium is darkened too. All edges are cut. Artist pinholes at all four corners. Watercolor is faded in palces, especially the reddish pink tones. Handling crease by lower right corner and a few small spots along extreme eupper edge. A few stains a left edge to the right of the G and extending up towards the left of hte blue foliage, likely a part of hte artist's process. This work is in good condition.
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