300th Sale- November 8/9, 2024
Anniversary auction with saints and Mao
The 300th auction on Friday/Saturday, 8/9 November will feature works of art from the 14th to the 21st century from private collections and gallery estates in the region, as well as religious objects, Asian art, antiques, porcelain, glass, jewellery, furniture, historical objects and much more.
Highlights of modern art include Afro Basaldella’s informal mixed media ‘Bicicletta’ from 1967 (estimate: € 20000-25000/ reserve price: € 6500), the watercolor ‘Narzissen’ (daffodils) from 1950 by Erich Heckel (estimate: € 8000-10000/ reserve price: € 2400), standing nudes & wedding of Boccaccio Adimari (front and back), 2 drawings on one sheet from around 1927 and around 1936/37 by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (estimate: 8000-9000/ reserve price: € 2000), a watercolor with flowering shrubs by Emil Nolde from 1913/14, with Seebüll expertise from 1975 (estimate: € 60000-80000/ reserve price: € 18000), two still lifes by Filippo de Pisis, oil painting with certificate of authenticity by Giovanni Comisso, 1968 (estimates: € 8000-9000/ reserve prices: € 2800), the view of Soglio with the Sciora group in oil by Clara Porges (estimate: € 25000-30000/ reserve price: € 7500) and the large gestural abstraction in oil by Selim Turan (estimate: € 6000-7500/ reserve price: € 1500), to name but a few. The ZERO group is represented by Leo Erb and Heinz Mack and 9 works by Otto Piene, including the Osrampilz, the original from 1967 (estimate: € 8000-9000/ reserve price: € 1200). Günter Uecker’s nail object from 2005 (estimate: € 1000-1200/ reserve price: € 190) and 30 prints, predominantly large-format embossed prints (estimates: € 800-3500/ reserve prices: € 20) are worth mentioning.
A collection of Czech art forms a special group, including a church interior in oil by Oldrich Blazicek, dated 1937 (estimate: € 10000-12000/ reserve price: € 1900), landscapes by Zdenka Braunerova, Alois Kaldova, Josef Nawratil, Jaroslav Panuska II (estimates: € 1500-3000/ reserve prices: € 300-390), views of Prague by Emil Artur Pittermann, Karel Randa, Vaclav Nemecek and many more.
In the Old Art section, the auction will include a large three-quarter portrait in oil of a nobleman of the 16th century from the circle of Hans Holbein II (estimate: € 5000-6000/ reserve price: € 1000), a multi-figure oil painting with an attack on a wagon train by a Dutch master of the 17th century (estimate: € 5000-6000/ reserve price: € 1200), etc. The collection of 16 figures of saints from the 14th-16th centuries is also significant. The large wooden sculpture of the Apostle Andrew, probably from Ulm around 1500 (estimate: € 8000-12000/ reserve price: € 2800), the fully sculpted reliquary of a female saint, the work of a southern German master carver around 1500/1520 (estimate: € 5000-6000/ reserve price: € 1800) or the large wooden Deposition of Jesus from the Cross by Joseph of Arimathea, probably also from southern Germany around 1500/20 (estimate: € 5000-6000/ reserve price: € 1500), should be emphasized here. The Asiatica section is also diverse this time – particularly interesting are the Chinese blue and white porcelains from the 17th/19th century from an old German collection, including a few large blue and white chums with courtly scenes (estimate: € 2500-3000/ reserve price: € 800) or the bottle vase with
wing-shaped handles in the ‘Venetian style’ of the Kangxi period around 1700 (estimate: € 600-800/ reserve price: € 200). In contrast to this is the spectacular collection of 22 porcelain sculptures of the great Chairman Mao Zedong, some up to 182 cm tall, from a diplomatic household around 1970, some painted in color, such as the almost life-size figure of the revolutionary leader and politician on a pedestal, greeting the masses with his right hand (estimate: € 3500-4500/ reserve price: € 1600) or with a cigarette and the ‘Red Book’ in white porcelain (estimate: € 3500-4000/ reserve price: € 1800). Figures of this size were only ordered by the government for official buildings, and only a few flawless pieces were accepted by the state inspectors. But it gets even larger: the warrior B of the Riace bronzes from the middle of the 5th century BC in original life-size bronze, an outstanding replica, h 197cm, rare! (estimate: € 20000-25000/ reserve price: € 2800). In advance- this one will not be delivered by DHL!