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Untitled / - The archaism of nature -
Located in Berlin, DE
Jorge Machold (1940 Chemnitz - 2015 Berlin), Untitled, 1973. Color etching, 41.5 x 29.2 cm (plate size), 49.5 cm x 39.5 cm (sheet size), signed lower right in lead “J.[orge] Machold”...
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1970s Abstract Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Paper
Gladioli / - The figurativeness of abstraction -
Located in Berlin, DE
Klaus Fußmann (*1938 Velbert), Gladiolen, 1983. Color etching, WVZ 116.5, 14.5 cm x 18.5 cm (depiction), 20 cm x 21 cm (sheet size), signed “Fuß[mann]” in pencil lower right and insc...
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1970s Abstract Impressionist Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Paper
Color lithograph for Derrière le Miroir no. 203 I / - Real Imagination -
By Joan Miró
Located in Berlin, DE
Joan Miro (1893 Barcelona - 1983 Palma), Color lithograph for Derrière le Miroir no. 203 I, 1973. Printed by Arte Adrien Maeght and published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, 38 cm x 56 cm....
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1970s Abstract Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Paper
Adoration of the Magi / - The Rider of the Sun -
Located in Berlin, DE
Walter Helbig (1878 Falkenstein - 1968 Ascona), Adoration of the Magi, 1918. Hand-colored linocut, 30 cm x 22.5 cm (depiction), 50 cm x 35 cm (sheet size), signed “W.[alter] Helbig” in pencil lower right, inscribed “Adoration of the Magi” lower left and dated “1918”. Below this a handwritten dedication “with heartfelt Christmas greetings”.
- Paper somewhat darkened and with slight creases, thumbtack holes in the corners
- The Rider of the Sun -
The 'apocalypse' of World War I brought about a return to sacred art. Walter Helbig belonged to the circle of the 'Brücke' and the 'Blauer Reiter'. With his reinterpretation of religious themes in an expressionist formal language, Helbig shaped an avant-garde neo-sacred art. This is symbolically expressed in the silhouette of the rider against the sun-like yellow background. It refers to the awakening initiated by the Blue Riding, which is now linked back to the sacred.
The rider and horse "look" at Mary and the Christ Child, who occupy the entire field. Opposite them are the three kings, the eldest of whom kneels before Christ and offers him a gold-filled casket. The expressionist lines give rise to a tower that rises into the "sun", so that the gift has become a Gothic church, expressing the hope that the fallen world will be resurrected in the name of Christ. This dimension of meaning is emphasized by the magical effect of the color scheme.
About the artist
In 1895, Walter Helbig began studying at the Dresden Academy of Art, where he became friends with the future Brücke artist Otto Müller, with whom he lived in Dresden from 1903 to 1905. While studying in Italy from 1897 to 1899, he met Arnold Böcklin and Adolf von Hildebrand. After completing his studies, he first worked for Otto Gussmann, painting churches. From 1905 to 1909 he worked as a freelance painter in Hamburg. In 1909, through the mediation of Otto Müller, Helbig made the acquaintance of artists from the 'Brücke'. In 1910 he exhibited at the founding exhibition of the Berlin 'Neue Sezession'. In the same year, he moved to Switzerland, where, together with Hans Arp and Oscar Lüthy, he founded the 'Moderne Bund' in Weggis, to which Cuno Amiet and Giovanni Giacometti also belonged. At the second exhibition of the 'Moderne Bund' in Zurich in 1911, Henri Matisse and Robert Delaunay were represented alongside artists from the 'Blauer Reiter'. In 1913, Helbig traveled to Paris with Arp and Lüthy. After the dissolution of the 'Moderne Bund', Helbig was represented at the first Dada exhibition in Zurich in 1914. In 1919, he joined the Berlin 'Novembergruppe'. After the devastation of World War I, Helbig turned increasingly to religious themes in his work. In 1924, like many other artists of his time, he moved to Ascona for financial reasons, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1938. There he founded the artists' association "The Great Bear", to which Marianne von Werefkin...
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1910s Expressionist Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Paper
Indistinct Clear - Fluctuating ambivalence -
Located in Berlin, DE
Karl Ludwig Mordstein (1937 Füssen - 2006 Wilszhofen), Undeutlicher deutlich, 1982. Color etching, e.a. (Epreuve d'artiste) 4/9, 22.5 x 28 cm (image), 40 x 45 cm (sheet), 43 x 48 cm ...
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1980s Abstract Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Etching
Aus dem Totenbuch einer Stadt (IV) - The presence of the submerged -
Located in Berlin, DE
Karl Ludwig Mordstein (1937 Füssen - 2006 Wilszhofen), From the Book of the Dead of a City (IV), 1983. Color etching, copy 16/60, 15.5 x 18.5 cm (imag...
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1980s Abstract Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Etching
Colors / - The Pictures of Concepts -
Located in Berlin, DE
Heinz Gappmayr (1925 Innsbruck - 2010 ibid), Colors, 1993. Linen box with ten aquatint etchings on handmade paper and two text sheets. Published by Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz. Co...
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1990s Minimalist Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Paper
Untitled / - Dancing Sculpture -
By Gerlinde Beck
Located in Berlin, DE
Gerlinde Beck (1930 Stuttgart-Cannstatt - 2006 Mühlacker-Großglattbach), Untitled, 1973. Series of four serigraphs, 29.8 cm x 29.8 cm, each signed in lead on the front and numbered on the reverse. Sheet 1-3 no. 74/100, sheet 4 no. 48/100.
- Corners occasionally slightly bumped, minimal crease, otherwise in very good condition
- Dancing Sculpture...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Paper
Bible Verve / - Eternal Struggle -
By Marc Chagall
Located in Berlin, DE
Marc Chagall (1887 Peskowatik - 1985 Saint-Paul-de-Vence), Bible Verve, 1956. Color lithograph from Verve ‘Bilder zur Bibel’, Editions de la Revue Verve, No. 33-34, Teriade Paris, 19...
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1950s Abstract Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Paper
Lithograph Derrière le Miroir no. 203 I / - The Battlefield of the Imagination -
By Joan Miró
Located in Berlin, DE
Joan Miro (1893-1983), Color lithograph for Derrière le Miroir No. 203 II, 1973
Joan Miro (1893 Barcelona - 1983 Palma), Color lithograph for Derrière le Miroir No. 203, 1973. Printe...
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1970s Abstract Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Paper
Twelve variations on a dice theme / - The Musical Proportions of the Cube -
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Rudolf Bosshard (*1929 Balm-Lottstetten), Twelve variations on a dice theme, 1962. Portfolio with inserted cover sheet and twelve woodcuts on thin Japanese paper. Copy no. 2/10,...
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1960s Minimalist Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Paper
The Mother / - Violated Motherhood -
By Georg Tappert
Located in Berlin, DE
Georg Tappert (1880 Berlin - 1957 Berlin), The Mother, 1918 (1964). Estate print from 1964. Linocut on Japan, 31.5 cm x 20 cm (image), 44.5 cm x 28 cm (sheet size), marked lower left...
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1910s Expressionist Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Paper
My treasure, my sanctuary / - A Tortured Treasure -
Located in Berlin, DE
Johannes Heisig (*1953 Leipzig), "My treasure, my sanctuary" - To the Christmas Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach. Lithograph on strong yellowish laid paper with watermark, 53 x 39.5...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Salvador Dalí, LES DAMES DE LA RENAISSANCE, 1971 Hand signed and numbered.
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Berlin, DE
Salvador Dalí, LES DAMES DE LA RENAISSANCE, 1971
Hand signed and numbered.
Etching on Japanese paper.
Signed "Dalí" lower right and numbered "21/120" left.
Dimensions are with fra...
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20th Century Abstract Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Etching
Field - Field research -
Located in Berlin, DE
Karl Ludwig Mordstein (1937 Füssen - 2006 Wilszhofen), Field 1983. Color etching, copy 13/65, 22.5 x 28 cm (image), 40 x 45 cm (sheet), 43 x 48 cm (frame), titled, numbered, monogram...
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1980s Abstract Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Etching
Threatening to defeat me once and for all / - A Christmas Pietà -
Located in Berlin, DE
Johannes Heisig (*1953 Leipzig), "Threatening to defeat me once and for all" - To the Christmas Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach. Lithograph on strong yellowish laid paper with wate...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Zwischen Schwarz und Rot
Located in Berlin, DE
Signed in pencil 'GHoehme' lower right, dated and inscribed 'I. Probedruck 1959' lower left. On wove paper, with full margins.An exceptionally richly printed proof impression of the ...
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1950s Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Etching
Zwischen Schwarz und Rot
Located in Berlin, DE
Signed in pencil 'G.Hoehme' lower right, dated and inscribed 'Probedruck 1959' lower left. On wove paper, with full margins.An exceptionally richly printed proof impression of the pl...
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1950s Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Etching
Six variations on a circular theme / - The Musical Proportions of the Circle -
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Rudolf Bosshard (*1929 Balm-Lottstetten), Six variations on a circular theme, 1967. Portfolio with inserted cover sheet and six color woodcuts on thin Japanese paper. Copy no. 6...
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1960s Minimalist Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Paper
Otmar Alt, Abstract Art Print, hand signed and numbered.
By Otmar Alt
Located in Berlin, DE
Otmar Alt, abstract art print, hand signed and numbered.
Dimensions with frame.
Includes certificate of authenticity.
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20th Century Modern Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Anton Stankowski, Lithograph, serigraph, signed and numb. Geometric Composition
Located in Berlin, DE
Anton Stankowski, lithograph (serigraph).
Signed and numbered.
Gemotetric composition.
Dimensions with frame.
Anton Stankowski was born in Gelsen...
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20th Century Abstract Geometric Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
$2,116 Sale Price
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Decorative, abstract lithograph, signed and numbered, 67/90, MANRIQUE.
Located in Berlin, DE
Decorative, abstract lithograph, signed and numbered, 67/90 MANRIQUE
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Lithograph
$1,226 Sale Price
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Memory and Present - The flowing space of memory -
Located in Berlin, DE
Karl Ludwig Mordstein (1937 Füssen - 2006 Wilszhofen), Memory and Present, 1983. Color etching, copy 41/50, 22.5 x 28 cm (image), 40 x 45 cm (sheet), 43 x 48 cm (frame), titled, numbered, monogrammed and dated with pencil. Framed behind glass.
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- The flowing space of memory -
About the artwork
On an implied horizon line, a dog-like animal has risen on its hind legs and is about to jump over some kind of hurdle. To the left, a small flag is waving in the wind. The animal and the flag point forward, toward the reader, into the future. The flagpole, however, bends backwards in the opposite direction, corresponding to the impulse of movement of the sign-like formations in the "sky". The title of this work by Mordstein is also revealing. It reads "Memory and Presence" and thematizes the system of signs above the animal as memory. It is therefore not so much a sky as the space of remembering consciousness. Memory moves into the past, but comes from the future and begins where the animal first moves. Here, Mordstein develops a subtle pictorial philosophy about the character of time and the structure of memory, in which the system of signs representing the content of consciousness is inspired by the pictorial language of Paul Klee, whom Mordstein continues to think about in his own way.
About the artist
After graduating from the Werkkunstschule in Augsburg, Karl Mordstein worked as a commercial artist in Munich before becoming a freelance artist and concentrating entirely on his own creations. In 1970 Mordstein married the sculptor Sinen Thalheimer and the artist couple moved to Starnberg. In 1972, Mordstein had his first solo exhibition in Munich, which marked the beginning of an active international exhibition career that lasted for decades. From 1987 the couple lived on the Hollerberg in Wilzhofen.
"It is certainly not wrong to recognize in the impression of his calmly floating color drawings the expression of a state of mind that owes itself precisely to this conscious turning away from the hectic art market: concentrated serenity. It is not a changing state of mind, but an empathy with the supra-individual rhythms of creation, the perpetual genesis in the natural cycle of becoming and passing, which is expressed in them."
- Stefan Tolksdorf
Selected Bibliography
Karl Mordstein. Aquarelle, Gouachen 1972 – 1975, Galerie Angst und Orny, München 1975.
Juliane Roh: Karl Mordstein. Bilder, Paintings 1976 – 79, Frankfurt a. M. 1979.
Siegfried Salzmann (Text): Karl Mordstein. Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz 1982.
Galerie Heimeshoff (Hrsg.): Karl Mordstein. "Seelen-Notate"; Bilder, Arbeiten auf Papier, Bildkästen; 1985 – 1988, Essen 1988.
Stefan Tolksdorf (Text): Lebenszeichen. Mordstein, Karl und Sinen Thalheimer, Essen 2009.
GERMAN VERSION
Karl Ludwig Mordstein (1937 Füssen – 2006 Wilszhofen), Erinnerung und Gegenwart, 1983. Farbradierung, Exemplar 41/50, 22,5 x 28 cm (Darstellung), 40 x 45 cm (Blattgröße), 43 x 48 cm (Rahmen), in Blei betitelt, nummeriert, monogrammiert und datiert. Hinter Glas gerahmt.
- in sehr gutem Erhaltungszustand
- Der fließende Raum der Erinnerung -
zum Kunstwerk
Auf einer angedeuteten Horizontlinie hat sich ein hundeartiges Tier auf die Hinterläufe erhoben und setzt zum Sprung an, um eine Art Hürde zu überwinden. Links daneben weht eine kleine Fahne im Wind. Das Tier und die Fahne weisen in Leserichtung nach vorne, in die Zukunft hinein. Die Fahnenstange biegt sich allerdings in die gegenteilige Richtung nach hinten und entspricht damit dem Bewegungsimpuls der zeichenhaften Gebilde am ‚Himmel‘. Auch bei diesem Werk Mordsteins ist der Titel aufschlussreich. Er lautet „Erinnerung u. Gegenwart“ und thematisiert das Zeichensystem über dem Tier als Erinnerung. Daher handelt es sich weniger um einen Himmel als um den Raum des erinnernden Bewusstseins. Die Erinnerung zieht in die Vergangenheit, kommt aber von der Zukunft her und beginnt dort, wohin sich das Tier erst bewegt. Mordstein entwickelt hier eine subtile Bildphilosophie über den Charakter der Zeit und die Struktur der Erinnerung, wobei das für den Bewusstseinsinhalt stehende Zeichensystem von der Bildsprache Plau Klees inspiriert ist, den Mordstein hier auf seine Art...
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1980s Abstract Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Etching
H 15.75 in W 17.72 in D 0.79 in
PABLO PICASSO, Colombe Volant (à l
Arc-en-ciel), 1952 Mourlot 214, Hand Signed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Berlin, DE
PABLO PICASSO, Colombe Volant (à l'Arc-en-ciel), 1952 Mourlot 214.
Hand signed and numbered.
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Etching, Lithograph
Pablo Picasso, original etching No. 310 from "Carmen" 1949, Block 531-568
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Berlin, DE
Pablo Picasso, original etching from "Carmen" 1949 block 531-568 No. 310.
Including original invoice of the art gallery, from 1979.
Dimensions with frame 40cm x 51cm.
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Untitled, 1964, Signed, dated and numbered
By Carlos Cruz-Diez
Located in Berlin, DE
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ
(VENEZUELAN, 1923 - 2015)
Untitled, 1964, Signed, dated and numbered 20/100
Dimensions with frame.
Dimensions of artwork 20 x 20 cm
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20th Century Modern Berlin - Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
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