Sale: 429 / Post War / Contemporary Art, Dec. 04./05. 2015 in Munich Lot 462

 

462
Gerhard Altenbourg
Grünes Labyrinth, 1947.
Oil on panel
Estimate:
€ 4,000 / $ 4,400
Sold:
€ 41,250 / $ 45,375

(incl. surcharge)
Grünes Labyrinth. 1947.
Lacquer paint and Oil on panel.
Janda 47/24. 50 x 71 cm (19.6 x 27.9 in).
Verso with a landscape study.
One of the rare oil paintings from Gerhard Altenbourg's early period of creation.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Austria (from artist's estate).

EXHIBITION: Gerhard Altenbourg. Wurzellinien, Kupferstichkabinett in der Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen Berlin (East), 1987, cat. no. 6.
Gerhard Altenbourg. Arbeiten 1947-1987, Kunsthalle Bremen et al, 1988, cat. no. 5 (with illu.).

LITERATURE: Dieter Brusberg (editor), Gerhard Altenbourg. Werk-Verzeichnis 1947-1969, in cooperation with Annegret Janda, Hanover 1969, p. 120.




462
Gerhard Altenbourg
Grünes Labyrinth, 1947.
Oil on panel
Estimate:
€ 4,000 / $ 4,400
Sold:
€ 41,250 / $ 45,375

(incl. surcharge)