- 562
STEPHAN BALKENHOL | Relief Heads 1-6
Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
Log in to view results
bidding is closed
Description
- Stephan Balkenhol
- Relief Heads 1-6
- acrylic on carved wood panels, in 6 parts
- each: 28 by 21 1/2 in. 71.1 by 54.6 cm.
- Executed in 1988.
Provenance
Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach
MAI 36 Galerie, Lucerne
Christie's, New York, 17 November 2000, Lot 463
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
MAI 36 Galerie, Lucerne
Christie's, New York, 17 November 2000, Lot 463
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, Stephan Balkenhol, Sculptures and Drawings, October 1995 - January 1996, cat. no. 7, pp. 16-17 and 45, illustrated in color
London, Saatchi Gallery, Stephan Balkenhol: Sculptures 1988-1996 in the Saatchi Collection, June - July 1996, pp. 18-19, illustrated in color
London, Saatchi Gallery, Stephan Balkenhol: Sculptures 1988-1996 in the Saatchi Collection, June - July 1996, pp. 18-19, illustrated in color
Literature
Max Katz, "Autonome Menschen," Parkett, No. 36, 1993, p. 55, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. All surface irregularities, including evidence of scattered chips and minor losses throughout, inherent to the artist's working method and chosen medium. Unframed.
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"For me it is important to create a figure that on the one hand has got an expression and a specific nature but on the other hand it has to be open and ambiguous. It would be wrong to call it a generalization through reduction. It is rather an agglomeration—also in a poetic sense. In that way the figures can become a projection surface for their complex and contradictory human counterpart." Stephan Balkenhol