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Edgar Ende
Der Ausbruch, 1933
Oil on canvas
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Estimate:
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16
Edgar Ende
Der Ausbruch, 1933
Oil on canvas
Starting bid:
€ 20,000
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
End: 11-15-26 15:07:00 Berlin
11-15-26 09:07:00 New York
11-15-26 06:07:00 Los Angeles (30 days, 14h:18m)

Please enter your maximum bid, it will only be used to the extent necessary to beat the next best bid.
Bid plus 34 % buyer's premium (differential taxation without separate VAT statement, sales tax certificate upon request) and droit de suite charge without VAT.
Self pick-up: free of charge,
insured shipping:
within Germany 165,96 €,
within the EU countries 479,31 €,
outside the EU countries on request.


After entering your maximum bid you will be able to check your entry and you will be provided with further information. Only after a further confirmation your bid will be binding.


Edgar Ende
1901 - 1965
Der Ausbruch. 1933.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right. 70.5 x 91 cm (27.7 x 35.8 in).
[EH].
• Edgar Ende is one of the most important German surrealists.
• In 1933, a year that would lead to dramatic consequences for Ende's artistic activity, he created works like "Der Ausbruch", which show disastrous scenes.
• Renowned artist family: Ende's relationship with his son, the world-famous writer Michael Ende, was characterized by mutual inspiration.
• His paintings from the 1930s are among the most sought-after works on the international auction market (source: artprice.com)
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We are grateful to Axel Hinrich Murken for the kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Private collection (acquired in the USA in the 1930s).
Private collection Austria (since 2004, Artcurial).

EXHIBITION: Edgar Ende, Theobald Galleries, Chicago, June 1938.

LITERATURE: Axel Hinrich Murken, Edgar Ende. Melancholie und Verheißung, Bönen 2018, p. 45, no. 71.
Axel Hinrich Murken, Edgar Ende 1901-1965. Der Träume Allmacht, Herzogenrath 2009, p. 110, no. 71.
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Jörg Krichbaum (ed.), Edgar Ende 1901-1965. Gemälde, Gouachen und Zeichnungen, Stuttgart/Vienna 1987 (illu. p. 60).
Sotheby's, London, Auction of Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture, June 28, 1989, lot 168.
Volker Kinnius (ed.), Edgar Ende. Visionen aus dem Dunkel. Die Gemälde der 20er und 30er Jahre, Bielefeld 1998, p. 178, no. 37 (with illu., no page given)
Artcurial, Auction Art Moderne Abstrait et Contemporain, April 27, 2004, auction 181, lot 183.

In good condition consistent with its age. The painting has been varnished. Isolated traces of rubbing around the edges due to framing, with minor loss of paint and a few small retouched spots. With a slight linear surface crack in the upper left quadrant, visible only under oblique light. Slight craquelure in places.
The condition report was compiled in daylight with the aid of a UV light source, and to the best of our knowledge and belief.