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Private Collections and Outstanding Works - Auction ends: February 15, 2026 from 3:00 pm
Private Collections and Outstanding Works - Auction ends: February 15, 2026 from 3:00 pm
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Ursula Schultze-Bluhm
Paradiesvögel telefonieren zur Liebesinsel, 1964
Oil
Starting bid:
€ 10,000 Estimate:
€ 10,000 - 12,000End: 02-15-26 16:17:00 Berlin
02-15-26 10:17:00 New York
02-15-26 07:17:00 Los Angeles (29 days, 19h:56m)
02-15-26 10:17:00 New York
02-15-26 07:17:00 Los Angeles (29 days, 19h:56m)
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Lot description
Ursula Schultze-Bluhm
1921 - 1999
Paradiesvögel telefonieren zur Liebesinsel. 1964.
Oil and sheet gold on canvas.
Signed and dated at the bottom center. Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed with a dedication on the reverse of the stretcher. 35 x 55 cm (13.7 x 21.6 in). [AW].
• Ursula Schultze-Bluhm creates colorful fantasy worlds full of surreal and poetic elements.
• A remarkable artist of the postwar avant-garde with an independent and multifaceted oeuvre.
• Participated in documenta 6 in Kassel in 1977 and the Sydney Biennale in 1979.
• A major retrospective took place at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne in 2023.
PROVENANCE: Hans Theodor Flemming Collection, Hamburg (stamped and inscribed on the reverse of the stretcher).
Private collection, Hamburg.
LITERATURE: Evelyn Weiss (ed.), Ursula, Munich 2007, CR no. 64/012, p. 310.
1921 - 1999
Paradiesvögel telefonieren zur Liebesinsel. 1964.
Oil and sheet gold on canvas.
Signed and dated at the bottom center. Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed with a dedication on the reverse of the stretcher. 35 x 55 cm (13.7 x 21.6 in). [AW].
• Ursula Schultze-Bluhm creates colorful fantasy worlds full of surreal and poetic elements.
• A remarkable artist of the postwar avant-garde with an independent and multifaceted oeuvre.
• Participated in documenta 6 in Kassel in 1977 and the Sydney Biennale in 1979.
• A major retrospective took place at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne in 2023.
PROVENANCE: Hans Theodor Flemming Collection, Hamburg (stamped and inscribed on the reverse of the stretcher).
Private collection, Hamburg.
LITERATURE: Evelyn Weiss (ed.), Ursula, Munich 2007, CR no. 64/012, p. 310.
155
Ursula Schultze-Bluhm
Paradiesvögel telefonieren zur Liebesinsel, 1964
Oil
Starting bid:
€ 10,000 Estimate:
€ 10,000 - 12,000End: 02-15-26 16:17:00 Berlin
02-15-26 10:17:00 New York
02-15-26 07:17:00 Los Angeles (29 days, 19h:56m)
02-15-26 10:17:00 New York
02-15-26 07:17:00 Los Angeles (29 days, 19h:56m)
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.
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