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Horst Antes - Acrylic
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Horst Antes
Kopf (mit Plastikteil), 1974
Acrylic
Starting bid:
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Estimate:
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54
Horst Antes
Kopf (mit Plastikteil), 1974
Acrylic
Starting bid:
€ 4,500
Estimate:
€ 5,000 - 7,000
End: 04-15-26 15:26:00 Berlin
04-15-26 09:26:00 New York
04-15-26 06:26:00 Los Angeles (30 days, 19h:11m)

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 64,79 €,
within the EU countries 113,02 €,
outside the EU countries on request.


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Horst Antes
1936
Kopf (mit Plastikteil). 1974/75.
Acrylic on cardboard, laminated on fiberboard.
Signed and numbered "6" in the upper left. 28.5 x 22 cm (11.2 x 8.6 in). [AW].

• An attractive work in a small format in Horst Antes's unmistakable artistic style.
• The “Heads” and ‘Cephalopods’ are considered his most popular motifs.
• Horst Antes conceived his iconic figures in the early 1960s.
• With his oversized “Heads,” Antes addresses the intellectual capacity of human beings.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Bäumler, Regensburg.
Galerie Valentin, Stuttgart.
Private collection, Baden-Württemberg.
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 2015, Ketterer Kunst).

LITERATURE: Arthur Mehlstäubler, Horst Antes. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. 4 (1972-1975), Künzelsau 2013, CR no. 1975-2 (illu. in color on p. 163).
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Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 425th auction, June 12, 2015, lot 423 (illu. in color on p. 106).

In very good condition with beautiful colors. Firmly mounted in a frame. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the aid of a UV light source and to the best of our knowledge and belief.