Auction 509 Part 1 Evening Sale
Nov 29, 2023
Hitzelerstr. 2, 50968 Köln, Germany
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LOT 21:

Renée Sintenis
Magdalena Abakanowicz: "Anatomy" (6-teilig)

Sold for: €100,000
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80,000
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Auction took place on Nov 29, 2023 at VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG
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Magdalena Abakanowicz: "Anatomy" (6-teilig)

ABAKANOWICZ, MAGDALENA
1930 Falenty/Poland - 2017 Warsaw

Title: "Anatomy" (6-teilig).
Technique: Burlap and synthetic resin on wood. On iron frame.
Title and Measurement:
a) Anatomy. 88 x 31 x 28.5cm,
b) Anatomy 2. 100 x 89.5 x 23cm,
c) Anatomy 4. 89 x 62 x 15cm,
d) Anatomy 6. 112 x 98 x 22.5cm,
e) Anatomy 16. 87 x 25.5 x 28cm,
f) Anatomy 17. 89 x 26,5 x 29,5cm.
Notation: Each titled, signed and dated on the back of the plaque: ANATOMY M. ABAKANOWICZ 2009. Here also with the artist's signature and partly numbered.

Copies of the respective certificates from Ms Magdalena Grabowska, Studio Magdalena Abakanowicz (the artist's assistant), are enclosed with the mixed lot.

Provenance:
- Private collection Poland

Exhibitions:
- Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg 2009


Literature:

- Exhib. cat. Magdalena Abakanowicz, Kulturzentrum Englische Kirche/Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg 2009, p. 66ff., ill.

- Significant, sculptural work from the well-known "Antomy" group with a typical textile surface
- Questions about the vulnerability of human beings based on her own experience and cognition drove the artist throughout her life and become clear in this work
- The Tate Modern in London is dedicating an exhibition to the artist's early "Abakans" in 2022

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