Deutsch

Auction information
Modern & Contemporary Art - Auction ends: April 15, 2026 from 3:00 pm

Catalog Online > Post War  >  Abstract Art Post-War  |  Emil Schumacher

Emil Schumacher - Mixed media
 enlarge image
 +
 

173
Emil Schumacher
G-67/1958, 1958
Mixed media
Starting bid:
€ 6,500
Estimate:
€ 7,000 - 9,000
End: 04-15-26 16:26:00 Berlin
04-15-26 10:26:00 New York
04-15-26 07:26:00 Los Angeles (30 days, 08h:22m)

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 96,93 €,
within the EU countries 176,20 €,
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.

173
Emil Schumacher
G-67/1958, 1958
Mixed media
Starting bid:
€ 6,500
Estimate:
€ 7,000 - 9,000
End: 04-15-26 16:26:00 Berlin
04-15-26 10:26:00 New York
04-15-26 07:26:00 Los Angeles (30 days, 08h:22m)

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 96,93 €,
within the EU countries 176,20 €,
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.


Emil Schumacher
1912 - 1999
G-67/1958. 1958.
Mixed media.
Lower right signed and dated. On wove paper. 45.5 x 28.5 cm (17.9 x 11.2 in). [KA].

• Gestural, expressive work with deliberately reduced colors.
• Just one year after its creation, the work was exhibited at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
• The protagonist of German Informel creates an impressive haptic presence.
• Part of an important private collection in Berlin for almost 40 years.

The work is registered in the archive of the Emil Schumacher Foundation in Hagen, compiled by Dr. Ulrich Schumacher, under the inventory number "0/4.348". We are grateful to Mr. Rouven Lotz, director of the Emil Schumacher Museum in Hagen, for his kind support.

PROVENANCE: Johnssen Collection, Essen (label on the reverse of the frame).
Private collection, Berlin (acquired in 1986, Sotheby's, London).

EXHIBITION: Jonge duitse Kunst, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, March 25-May 4, 1959, cat. no. 59 (b/w illu.).

LITERATURE: Sotheby's, London, The Johnssen Collection of Postwar and Contemporary Art, June 25, 1986, lot 516 (color illu.).

In good condition. The upper and lower edges of the sheet have been irregularly trimmed or torn off in the studio. The condition report was prepared in daylight and with the aid of a UV light source to the best of our knowledge and belief.