Lot 62
  • 62

Thomas Ring

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Thomas Ring
  • Cubist Figure
  • signed with monogram and dated 1927 lower right
  • black ink and coloured crayon on paper
  • 65 by 50cm., 25½ by 19¾in.

Provenance

Purchased by the present owner from the artist's son

Exhibited

Witten, Märkisches Museum, 1983, no. 123

Literature

Ingrid Skiebe, Thomas Ring: ein Maler aus dem Umkreis des "Sturm": Leben, stilkritische Analyse und Werkverzeichnis, Bautz, 1988, p. 558, no. ZK59, catalogued

Condition

Black ink and coloured crayon on paper. The artist's sheet has been hinged to the mount at its four corners, on the reverse. Apart from some tiny pin holes in the four corners and two very small tears along the right edge, colours are strong and bright and the picture is in very good original condition. Presented glazed, in a narrow frame.
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