126000405
Horst Antes
Kopf ocker ocker, 1973.
Aquatec on canvas
Stima: € 30,000 / $ 34,800
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126000405
Horst Antes
Kopf ocker ocker, 1973.
Aquatec on canvas
Stima: € 30,000 / $ 34,800
Le informationi sulla commissione, le tasse e il diritto di seguito saranno disponibili quattro settimane prima dell´asta.

Horst Antes
1936

Kopf ocker ocker. 1973.
Aquatec on canvas.
Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed “Aquatec” on the reverse of the canvas. 120 x 100 cm (47.2 x 39.3 in). [AW].

• A captivating monochrome “Head” of compelling monumentality and dynamic presence.
• Horst Ante’s Heads and Cephalopods are considered his most sought-after motifs and have been the central theme of his work since the 1960s.
• Works by this pioneer of new figurative painting are in many international museums, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Kunstmuseum Basel, and the Hamburger Kunsthalle
.

PROVENANCE: Lefebre Gallery, New York.
Jasa Fine Art, Munich.
Private collection, Munich.
Private collection, Rhineland (acquired from the above).

EXHIBITION: Antes, Lefebre Gallery, New York, March 12–April 6, 1974 (illustrated)
Hommage à la phantasie, Jasa Fine Art, Munich, July 3–31, 1974.

LITERATURE: Arthur Mehlstäubler, Horst Antes. Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. 4 (1972–1975), Künzelsau 2013, CR no. 1973-2 (illustrated in color on p. 67).