Germann Auctionhouse Zurich
Part I: Paintings, Works on Paper and Sculptures
Monday, 25 November 2024, 06:00 pm

Herbert Zangs, Collages

Lot 31

Herbert Zangs, 1924-2003 (DE)

Collages, 1953

Cardboard and tissue paper on corrugated cardboard, painted white.
H 615 mm W 685 mm.

Signed and dated lower right: Zangs, 53. (Frame).

CHF5'000 / 8'000
EUR5'300 / 8'500
USD5'800 / 9'300

Provenance:
Archives Herbert Zangs, Paris;
Swiss Private Collection.

Expertise:
Photo certificate by Emmy de Martelaere, Paris 2021.
The work is registered in the artist's archive under the number 018.

Annotation:

The use of cardboard and corrugated cardboard is characteristic of Herbert Zang's work. According to Emmy de Martelaere, the artist has reused a pastry or pizza box and placed it frontally on the composition.