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Property from a Distinguished German Collection
Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern
Herzen in Schnee und Eis oder Die Eisoxydgassinfoni (Hearts in Snow and Ice or The Ice Oxydgassinfoni)
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October 15, 01:46 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Property from a Distinguished German Collection
Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern
1892 - 1982
Herzen in Schnee und Eis oder Die Eisoxydgassinfoni (Hearts in Snow and Ice or The Ice Oxydgassinfoni)
signed F.S. SONNENSTERN., initialed and dated 1960 (lower right); titled (lower left); signed with the initials, dated 1960 and inscribed (on the verso)
coloured crayon, gold and silver pen, and pencil on paper
image size: 47.7 by 69.8 cm. 18¾ by 27½ in.
sheet size: 50.8 by 73 cm. 20 by 28¾ in.
Framed: 65.5 by 87.5 cm. 25¾ by 34½ in.
Executed in 1960.
Galerie Brockstedt, Hamburg (probably acquired from the artist by by 1973)
Private Collection, Berlin
Thence by descent to the present owner
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern
, 1973, listed, no. 145 (titled Das Hohe Leid der Wärme) and dated 1959)
London, Hayward Gallery, Outsiders: an art without precedent or tradition, 1979, no. 236, illustrated (titled Das hohe Leid der Wärme (Hymn to Warmth) and catalogued as coloured chalk)