Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Property of a Private European Collector
GEORG BASELITZ | MUTTER UND KIND (MOTHER AND CHILD)
Auction Closed
October 21, 07:16 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500,000 - 2,000,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Private European Collector
GEORG BASELITZ
b. 1938
MUTTER UND KIND (MOTHER AND CHILD)
signed with the artist’s initials and dated 23 VI 85; signed, titled and dated 18.V.85-23.VI.85 on the reverse
oil on canvas
250.2 by 250.3 cm. 98½ by 98½ in.
Mary Boone Gallery, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston
Private Collection, Rome
Runkel Hue-Williams Ltd., London
Private Collection
Sotheby’s, New York, 19 November 1997, Lot 34 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection, USA (acquired at the above sale)
Grothe Collection, Hans Grothe, Duisburg
Private Collection
Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, 11 May 2006, Lot 36
Private Collection, Europe
Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above in 2008)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2009
Mario Diacono, Iconography and Archetypes, The Form of Painting 1985 – 1994, Milan 2010, n.p., no. 48, illustrated in colour