Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors and Drawings, Prints and Multiples
Monday, 23 May 2011, 06:00 pm
Lot 97
Kurt Seligmann, 1900-1962 (CH)
Study to Perseus und Andromeda, approx. 1944
Pencil drawing.
H 600 mm W 410 mm.
(Frame). Verso etiquette: "Modarco S.A.".
| CHF | 2'000 / 3'000 |
| EUR | 1'700 / 2'600 |
| USD | 2'200 / 3'200 |
Hammer Price: CHF 1'800
Annotation:
Provenance: Estate of the artist;
M. Knoedler & Co, New York;
Christie's New York, 21.10.1980, Lot 80;
Koller Zurich, 18./19.11.1983, Lot 5822;
Swiss private property.
Exhibition: Galerie Schreiner, Basel, Kurt Seligmann, November 1977 - January 1978. No. 36.
Annotation: The present work is presumably a study for the painting "Perseus und Andromeda, 1946-47".
We thank Dr. Stephan E. Hauser, Author of the Monograph about K. Seligmann, Kunsthistorisches Seminar der Universität Basel, for his kind assistance in cataloguing this work.