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Erich Mendelsohn

Allenstein 1887 – 1953 San Francisco

Sketch for a reinforced concrete hall. 1914

Brush and India ink on thin tracing paper, mounted on cardboard. 23,4 x 22,5 cm (9 ¼ x 8 ⅞ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Erich Mendelsohn. Sketch for a reinforced concrete hall. 1914.

Estimate:

EUR 18,000

 

- 24,000

USD 23,300

 

- 31,100

Sold for:

50,020 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 207-213

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 30.05.2013

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Brush and India ink on thin tracing paper, mounted on cardboard. 23,4 x 22,5 cm (9 ¼ x 8 ⅞ in.). On the reverse of the cardboard there is affixed a photograph of a seven-branched candelabrum. Catalogue raisonné: Cf. Bruno Zevi: E. Mendelsohn. The Complete Works, Basel 1999, p.12/5. Accompanied by a certificate by Dr. Sigrid Achenbach, Berlin, dated 3 September 2012.. Minor margin imperfections, time staining. Framed

Comparable sheet: Kunstbibliothek der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, inv. no. Hdz E.M. 301 (cf. cat. Erich Mendelsohn 1887-1953, exhibition zum 100. Geburtstag, Kunstbibliothek Berlin, 1987, cat. no. 30, ill. p. 37)..

Gift from the artist to Käte Freundlich, Berlin / Private collection, Hesse

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