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Property from the Hans and Marion König Collection

Oskar Schlemmer

Ornamentale Plastik (Ornamental Sculpture)

Auction Closed

March 5, 04:45 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Hans and Marion König Collection

Oskar Schlemmer

1888 - 1943


Ornamentale Plastik (Ornamental Sculpture)

plaster

height: 47 cm. 18½ cm.

Conceived in 1919; this example cast in the 1920s. The present work is from an edition of 2.

Wilhelm Schlemmer, the artist's brother, Germany (acquired from the artist in 1926)

Marie Strenger, Germany (acquired by descent from the above)

Breslauer Künstler Archive, Kassel (acquired by 1979)

Private Collection, Germany

Daniella Luxembourg Art, London

Acquired from the above in 2008 by the present owners

Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft; Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle; Saarbrücken, Saarland-Museum; Ulm, Ulmer Museum; Wiesbaden, Nassauischer Knustverein; Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein; Oldenburg, Kunstverein; Bremen, Kunsthalle and Kiel, Kunsthalle, Oskar Schlemmer. Handzeichnungen - Acquarelle, 1960-61, no. 157, n.p. (titled Wandplastick (Ornamentale Plastik, auf geteilten Rahmen) and dated 1919)

Karin Von Maur, Oskar Schlemmer. Das plastische Werk, Stuttgart, 1972, pp. 13-15 and 88, another cast illustrated

Karin Von Maur, Oskar Schlemmer, Œuvrekatalog der Gemälde, Aquarelle, Pastelle und Plastiken, Munich, 1979, no. P3, p. 379