Willi Baumeister 1889-1955

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 USD

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Description

Willi Baumeister
Afrikanische Spiele auf hellbraunem Grund (African games on light brown background)
signed Baumeister (lower right)
pencil and charcoal on paper
6 3/8 by 11 1/4 in.
16.2 by 28.5 cm.
Executed in 1942-1943.

Provenance

Dr. Helmut Beck, Stuttgart (acquired from the artist)
(Sold: Sotheby's, London, The Beck Collection: Adolf Hoelzel and his Circle, Volume III, October 9, 2002, lot 333)
Acquired at the above by the present owner

Literature

Dietmar J. Ponert and Felicitas Karg-Baumeister, Willi Baumeister: Werkverzeichnis der Zeichnungen, Gouachen und Collagen, Cologne, 1988, p. 296, no. 789, illustrated