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Property from a Distinguished European Collection

Max Bill

Acht Farben im horizontal-diagonal-Quadrat

Auction Closed

March 7, 03:05 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Max Bill

1908 - 1994


Acht Farben im horizontal-diagonal-Quadrat

titled and dated 1964-65 (on the stretcher); signed and dated 1964-65 (on the reverse)

oil on canvas, in artist's frame

122.6 by 122.6 cm. 48¼ by 48¼ in. (diagonal: 173.5 cm. 68¼ in.)

Executed in 1964-65.


A certificate for this work is currently being issued by the Max, Binia and Jakob Bill Foundation.

Private Collection, Europe

Christie's, Zurich, 16 June 2008, lot 19

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Bern, Kunsthalle Bern; and Düsseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Max Bill: Malerei und Plastik 1928 - 1968, April - September 1968, p. 44, illustrated