Lot 19
  • 19

Carl Buchheister

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Description

  • Carl Buchheister
  • Diagonal Composition 534
  • Signed Carl Buchheister, inscribed with the artist's Hannover address, titled and dated (on the reverse)
  • Mixed media on board
  • 20 1/2 by 14 3/4 in.
  • 52.5 by 37 cm

Provenance

Elisabeth Buchheister, Germany
Galerie Brockstedt, Hamburg
Galerie Stolz, Cologne
Private Collection, Germany (acquired from the above circa 1990)

Exhibited

Nurenburg, Volkshochschule, 1949
Hamburg, Galerie Elke Dröscher, 1974
Bremen, Graphisches Kabinett Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner KG, 1975
Hannover, Kunstverein, 1976, illustrated in the catalogue
Ludwigschafen, Wilhelm Hack Museum, 1981
Isernhagen, Galerie Isernhagen, 1981
Nurenburg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Abstrakte Arbeiten, 1984, no. 18, illustrated in the catalogue
Hamburg, Galerie Brockstedt, Abstrakte Arbeiten, 1984
Cologne, Galerie Stolz, Arbeiten der Jahre 1923 bis 1934, 1985
Como, L'Europa dei Razionalisti: Pittura, scultura, architettura negli anni Trenta, 1989, no. 102, illustrated in the catalogue
Valencia, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Exposition Paris 1930, 1990, no. 8
Hanover, Sprengel Museum, Die Metamorphosen der Bilder, 1992-93, no. 6, illustrated in the catalogue
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Verschmelzendes Rosa und Schwarze Spannung: Werke des osteuropäischen Konstruktivismus aus einer deutschen Privatsammlung, 2001, illustrated in the catalogue
Schwerin, Staatliches Museum & Bonn, Kunstmuseum, Von Kandinsky bis Tatlin: Konstruktivismus in Europa/From Kandinsky to Tatlin: Constructivism in Europe, 2006
St.-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, L'abstraction en Europe: Le choix d'un collectionneur allemande, 2011
Münster, Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso, Die Revolution entlässt Ihre Bilder - Von Malevich bis Kandinsky, 2014, no. 59, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Carl Buchheister, Elisabeth Buchheister, Willi Kemp, Otto Piene, Carl Buchheister (1890-1964), Werkverzeichnis der abstrakten Arbeiten, 1998, Cologne, no. 3c, illustrated p. 101

Condition

The board is stable and float mounted to a frame. There is normal wear and tear visible around the extreme perimeter and a repair to the lower right corner. Surface is slightly dirty, otherwise fine. Overall good condition.
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