Auction 525 Part 2
Day Sale Modern, Post War, Contemporary
By VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG
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Nov 28, 2024
Hitzelerstr. 2, 50968 Köln, Germany
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Day Sale: Thursday, 28 November 2024
From 10:30 am
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LOT 117:
Josef Scharl
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Sold for: €18,000
Start price:
€
16,000
Estimated price :
€20,000 - €30,000
Buyer's Premium: 35%
VAT: 19%
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Josef Scharl: Maschinist
SCHARL, JOSEF
1896 Munich - 1954 New York
Title: Maschinist.
Date: 1937.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 64 x 54cm.
Notation: Signed and dated lower right: Jos. Scharl (underlined) 1937.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.
Provenance:
- Schmidt Collection, Münster (label)
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
Exhibitions:
- Gallery Clasing, Münster 1946
Literature:
- Firmenich, Andrea (ed.): Josef Scharl - Monograph and catalogue raisonné, Cologne 1999, cat. rais. no. 316, ill.
- Typical expressionist portrait of a labourer with a strong individual character
- The work dates from the year before his emigration to the USA, when Scharl's hostility from the National Socialists was at its peak
- The pale complexion of the emaciated machinist stands in stark contrast to the rich red colour of the background
Explanations to the Catalogue
Josef Scharl
Germany
New Objectivity
Modern Art
1930s
Craftman's frame
Portrait
Painting
Oil
Man
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Germany: 52,94 Euro plus 10,06 Euro VAT
EU: 79,83 Euro plus 15,17 Euro VAT
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