Lot 66
  • 66

Thomas Ring

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Thomas Ring
  • Agamemnon's Homecoming
  • signed with the artist's monogram and dated 27 lower left
  • ink on paper
  • sheet: 37 by 26.5cm., 14½ by 10½in.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Purchased from the above by the present owner

Literature

Thomas Ring Stiftung, Thomas Ring. Lebenszeugnisse. Festschrift zum 90. Geburtstag von Thomas Ring, Zurich, 1982, p. 72, illustrated p. 48
Thomas Ring, Die olympische Wiederkehr, Ein Gedichtzyklus, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1985, illustrated
Ingrid Skiebe, Thomas Ring, ein Maler aus dem Unkreis des "Sturm", Leben, stilkritische Analyse und Werkverzeichnis, Herzberg, pp. 518-19, no. ZT 138, catalogued

Condition

The artist's sheet has been hinged to a sheet of paper on its three corners, on the reverse, thus preventing full inspection of the back. The lower left corner is loose. There are some minor scattered spots of foxing which are visible in the catalogue illustration. This work is overall in good condition and ready to hang. Presented in a white mount, glazed and framed.
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