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Max Bill

Winterthur 1908 – 1994 Berlin

”Der Eilbote”. 1928

Watercolour and incision on wove paper, laid down on paper by the artist. 30,3 × 23,2 cm (39,4 × 30,5 cm) (11 ⅞ × 9 ⅛ in. (15 ½ × 12 in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Max Bill. ”Der Eilbote”. 1928.

Estimate:

EUR 25,000

 

- 35,000

USD 26,300

 

- 36,800

Sold for:

31,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Auction Winter 2023

Modern Art, Friday, 01.12.2023

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Watercolour and incision on wove paper, laid down on paper by the artist. 30,3 × 23,2 cm (39,4 × 30,5 cm) (11 ⅞ × 9 ⅛ in. (15 ½ × 12 in.)). Signed and dated in pencil lower right: Max Bill 1928. On the support sheet titled, signed, dated and inscribed in pen and black ink: Der Eilbote Max Bill S. 1928. No. 40. Ich male also manchmal, wenn es mir beliebt, es beliebt mir sehr oft, manchmal so oft das ich mich für einen maler halte. Dessau, 9. XII 1928. Time staining, stained. Framed

Private Collection, Hesse

Magdalena Droste: Bauhaus 1919-1933. Reform und Avantgarde. Cologne, Taschen, 2007, ill. p. 70 / Jakob Bill: max bill at the Bauhaus. Bern and Sulgen, Benteli Verlag, 2008, ill. p. 81 / Kunstmuseum Winterthur und Gewerbemuseum Winterthur (ed.): Max Bill. Aspekte seines Werks. Sulgen, Zurich, Niggli Verlag, 2008, ill. p. 72 / Jeannine Fiedler, Peter Feierabend (ed.): Bauhaus. Potsdam, H.F. Ullmann, 2013, ill. p. 165

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