Asta: 380 / Modern Art del 04 giugno 2011 a Monaco di Baviera Lot 108

 
Erika Giovanna Klien - Man in progress


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Erika Giovanna Klien
Man in progress, 1934.
Gouache
Stima:
€ 8,000 / $ 8,640
Risultato:
€ 8,750 / $ 9,450

( commissione inclusa)
Watercolor and Gouache over pencil drawing
Signed and dated lower right. On brownish hammered laid paper. 68 x 51 cm (26,7 x 20 in), size of sheet
The artist executed a number of pictures of machine workers in the early 1930s. This series presumably originates from an idea for a project for the world exhibition in Chicago. this sheet shows two motion sequences of a worker on a crank handle. [KD].

We are grateful to Mr. Harald Krejci, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, for his expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Private collection USA (in family possession for 40 years - present from teh artist's sister, Dr. Berthe Klien).




108
Erika Giovanna Klien
Man in progress, 1934.
Gouache
Stima:
€ 8,000 / $ 8,640
Risultato:
€ 8,750 / $ 9,450

( commissione inclusa)