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Online Only Modern & Contemporary Art

20 June - 6 July 2025
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Ben Vautier. "Is this art too?". 1987. Acrylic on canvas. 33 × 41 cm. Sold for 8,255 EUR (incl. premium)

About the auction

The Online Only Auction in June brings a diverse selection of 20th and 21st century artworks. 

Among the highlights of the auction are Pablo Picasso's summery, colourful plates and vases from the Madoura ceramics workshop, Max Beckmann's view of Lake Hermsdorf, which may be familiar to many Berliners, as well as works of art from the German avant-garde between Dada and New Objectivity by Hans Reichel, Georg Schrimpf and Hannah Höch.

The expressive-figurative art of Berlin's “Junge Wilde” is also prominently represented with works by Rainer Fetting, Luciano Castelli and Helmut Middendorf. An expressive typeface by Ben Vautier and coveted editions by Gerhard Richter lead on to contemporary positions, such as David Ostrowski's radically reduced canvases or Georg Haberler's idiosyncratic and humorous embroidery works.

The auction starts on Friday, 20 June at 12 p.m. and ends on Sunday, 6 July from 6 p.m.!

Please note our new regulation of the resale royalties in section 4.2 of our Terms and Conditions.

Selected Highlights

Online Only Modern & Contemporary Art, 20 June – 6 July 2025

Maximilian Verhas

”Threedimensional Highway”. 2003. Bronze with gold patina Height: 20,5 cm.
EUR 1,200 - 1,500
Sold for 3,556 EUR (incl. premium)

Online Only Modern & Contemporary Art, 20 June – 6 July 2025

Chris Ofili

”Blue Siren”. 2006. Colour woodcut on wove paper 21 × 29,9 cm.
EUR 600 - 800
Sold for 1,206 EUR (incl. premium)

Online Only Modern & Contemporary Art, 20 June – 6 July 2025

David Ostrowski

”F (ne doch nicht)”. 2012. Lacquer, spray paint and staple on oil on collaged canvas 51 × 40,8 cm.
EUR 3,000 - 4,000
Sold for 4,826 EUR (incl. premium)

Online Only Modern & Contemporary Art, 20 June – 6 July 2025

Pablo Picasso

”Figures no. 28”. 1963. White earthenware clay with decoration in engobes and enamel, partially glazed Diameter: 25,3 cm.
EUR 4,000 - 5,000
Sold for 5,842 EUR (incl. premium)

Online Only Modern & Contemporary Art, 20 June – 6 July 2025

Gerhard Richter

”Tulips (P17)”. 2017. Giclée print under acrylic glass, mounted on aluminium plate 36 × 41 cm.
EUR 4,000 - 5,000
Sold for 9,525 EUR (incl. premium)

Online Only Modern & Contemporary Art, 20 June – 6 July 2025

Max Pechstein

”Akrobaten III”. 1912/18. Woodcut on Japan paper, stencil coloured 21,7 × 27,2 cm (30,8 × 42,2 cm).
EUR 2,000 - 3,000
Sold for 2,286 EUR (incl. premium)

Online Only Modern & Contemporary Art, 20 June – 6 July 2025

Renée Sintenis

”Wildhund”. 1949. Bronze with brown patina 8,2 × 14,8 × 3,3 cm.
EUR 3,000 - 4,000
Sold for 7,620 EUR (incl. premium)

Online Only Modern & Contemporary Art, 20 June – 6 July 2025

Georges Braque

From: ”L’ordre des oiseaux”. 1962. Colour aquatint on wove paper 32,5 × 47,5 cm (42,5 × 53,5 cm).
EUR 3,000 - 4,000
Sold for 3,810 EUR (incl. premium)

Online Only Modern & Contemporary Art, 20 June – 6 July 2025

Turi Simeti

Untitled. 1973. Acrylic on canvas 39,5 × 40 × 3,5 cm.
EUR 5,000 - 0
Sold for 6,985 EUR (incl. premium)

Online Only Modern & Contemporary Art, 20 June – 6 July 2025

Ben Vautier

”Is this art too?”. 1987. Acrylic on canvas 33 × 41 cm.
EUR 5,000 - 0
Sold for 8,255 EUR (incl. premium)

Online Only Modern & Contemporary Art, 20 June – 6 July 2025

Michael Buthe

Untitled. 1983. Mixed media on paper collage and material collage 53 × 80 cm.
EUR 1,500 - 2,000
Sold for 2,032 EUR (incl. premium)

Online Only Modern & Contemporary Art, 20 June – 6 July 2025

Karl-Heinz Krause

Small male reclining. 1970s. Bronze with black greenish patina 12 × 21 × 12 cm.
EUR 1,200 - 1,500
Sold for 1,905 EUR (incl. premium)

Online Only Modern & Contemporary Art, 20 June – 6 July 2025

Georg Nees

Untitled. 1970. Colour silkscreen on heavy paper 57 × 41 cm (69,6 × 50 cm).
EUR 600 - 800
Sold for 1,524 EUR (incl. premium)