Lot 32
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WILLI BAUMEISTER | Weisser Diskus (mit rechts grün)

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 EUR
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Description

  • Willi Baumeister
  • Weisser Diskus (mit rechts grün)
  • signed and dated 5 54 (lower left)
  • oil with synthetic resin and sand on wood fibreboard 
  • 80 x 64 cm; 31 1/2 x 25 in.
  • Executed in 1954.

Provenance

Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Köln
Robert F. Windfohr, Fort Worth
Collection McLean, Dallas
Achim Moeller Fine Art, New York
European collection (acquired in 1983) 

Literature

Will Grohmann, Willi Baumeister – Leben und Werk, Cologne 1963, p. 148, cat. no. 1548, illustrated
Peter Beye and Felicitas Baumeister, Willi Baumeister, Werkkatalog der Gemälde, Band I, Ostfildern 2002, p. 85, no. 2006, illustrated
Peter Beye and Felicitas Baumeister, Willi Baumeister, Werkkatalog der Gemälde, Band II, Ostfildern 2002, p. 795, no. 2006, illustrated

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the printed catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is brighter and the red area tends more to orange in the original work. The rims of the work are covered by the frame. Very faint paint shrinkage is located throughout the surface, some of which are visible in the catalogue illustration. This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

The work of art forms a cosmos that asserts itself parallel to nature.