Artist: Willi Baumeister (German, 1889 - 1955).
Title: "Collage mit Frau #2".
Medium: Papier colle (collage) with India ink over pencil drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1923.
Dimensions: Overall size: 12 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (317 x 238 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower left recto and lower center, verso; collectors ink stamps, verso. Executed on light cream wove paper. Condition: very good with no serious condition issues; slight paper waviness center left due to adhesion of collage element; scattered handling dimples; newspaper (?) fragments verso; edge toning four sides probably due to prior matting; presents very well. Provenance: If you have a genuine interest in bidding on this work kindly send an email to:
[email protected] for provenance information and additional image(s). Comment(s): Collages by Baumeister are rare and more so from the 1920s. The closest comparable we could find is “Study of a Chess Player,” collage with pencil on paper, 12 1/16” x 9,” 1926, sold for $15,600 (£10,000) at Sotheby’s London, December 1, 1994, lot #135. A highly similar work is in the collection of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Graphic Work Collection, Stuttgart, Germany. Image copyright © Willi Baumeister / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany. [30218-2-10000]
