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K.R.H. (d.i. Kurt R. Hoffmann) Sonderborg - Tempera
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K.R.H. (d.i. Kurt R. Hoffmann) Sonderborg
22.01.60, 21h07-21h12, 1960
Tempera
Starting bid:
€ 9,000
Estimate:
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111
K.R.H. (d.i. Kurt R. Hoffmann) Sonderborg
22.01.60, 21h07-21h12, 1960
Tempera
Starting bid:
€ 9,000
Estimate:
€ 10,000 - 15,000
End: 04-15-26 15:55:00 Berlin
04-15-26 09:55:00 New York
04-15-26 06:55:00 Los Angeles (30 days, 16h:45m)

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 111,32 €,
within the EU countries 385,00 €,
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.


K.R.H. (d.i. Kurt R. Hoffmann) Sonderborg
1923 - 2008
22.01.60, 21h07-21h12. 1960.
Tempera on phot cardboard, originally laminated on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right. 108 x 70.5 cm (42.5 x 27.7 in). [KA].

• Beautiful early composition, characterized by gestural rhythm and artistic fervor.
• Sonderborg's works are among the most striking pieces of German Art Informel.
• The first owner was the legendary Parisian gallery owner Karl Flinker.
• In 1959 and 1964, he participated in documenta II and III, and in 1964 and 1970, in the Venice Biennale.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Finker, Paris (around 1960, with the label on the stretcher).
Galerie Handschin, Basel (around 1965, with the label on the stretcher).
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (since 1985).

EXHIBITION: K. R. H. Sonderborg, Galerie Finker, Paris, 1960; Galerie Handschin, Basel, 1960, no. 249 (with the label on the stretcher).
K. R. H. Sonderborg, Galerie Handschin, Basel, September 3 - October 3, 1965, cat. no. 12 (with the exhibition label on the stretcher).

In good condition. The photo cardboard is slightly unevenly browned. Tiny brown spots 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.