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Bernard Schultze - Oil on canvas
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Bernard Schultze
im Hellen drohend, 1996
Oil on canvas
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€ 4,500
Estimate:
€ 5,000 - 7,000
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162
Bernard Schultze
im Hellen drohend, 1996
Oil on canvas
Starting bid:
€ 4,500
Estimate:
€ 5,000 - 7,000
End: 07-15-26 16:20:00 Berlin
07-15-26 10:20:00 New York
07-15-26 07:20:00 Los Angeles (29 days, 19h:22m)

Please enter your maximum bid, it will only be used to the extent necessary to beat the next best bid.
Bid plus 29 % buyer's premium plus the statutory sales tax plus droit de suite charge without VAT.
Self pick-up: free of charge,
insured shipping:
within Germany 88,20 €,
within the EU countries on request.,
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.


Bernard Schultze
1915 - 2005
im Hellen drohend. 1996.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Signed, dated, and titled again on the reverse of the canvas. 100 x 81 cm (39.3 x 31.8 in). [AW].

• A powerful, vibrant composition in luminous colors.
• Bernard Schultze is considered one of the most famous representatives of German Informal painting.
• The work was once part of the Heinz and Hella Pachen Collection.
• Schultze’s works are represented in major museums, including the Tate Gallery, London, the Museum Folkwang, Essen, and the Museum Ludwig, Cologne.

PROVENANCE: Pachen Collection, Mainz/Rockenhausen (purchased directly from the artist).
THE gallery, Munich (on the reverse of the stretcher with the gallery stamp).
Private collection, Berlin.

EXHIBITION: Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Museum Pachen, Rockenhausen, 1998 (on the reverse of the stretcher with the museum label).

LITERATURE: Stephan Diederich, Barbara Herrmann, Bernard Schultze. Verzeichnis der Werke, vol. 3: 1990-2005, Cologne/Munich 2015, CR no. 96/49.

In good condition, with vibrant colors. The edges of the image show slight wear, particularly in the lower left area. There is isolated, slight craquelure in the impasto areas. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the aid of a UV light source, and to the best of our knowledge and belief.