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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 6, 2025 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Day Sale | 335 | $****** - ****** | Bleibild B-3/1970 |
paintings
99.5 x 78 cm (39.17 x 30.71 in)
Mixed media. Rolled lead with asphalt on hardboard
Signed in the lower right corner. Signed, dated, and labeled “B-3/1970” on the reverse
Galerie Georg Nothelfer, Berlin. Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 1989).
Emil Schumacher Bilder und Gouachen, Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum, October 7-November 6, 1976. Emil Schumacher Arbeiten 1959-1978, Kunstverein Brunswick, October 6-November 8, 1978.
Emil Schumacher
Emil Schumacher
1912 - 1999
Bleibild B-3/1970
1970.
Mixed media. Rolled lead with asphalt on hardboard.
Signed in the lower right corner. Signed, dated, and labeled “B-3/1970” on the reverse. 99.5 x 78 cm (39.1 x 30.7 in).
In the original frame. [AW].
• Using asphalt and rolled lead,
Emil Schumacher
breaks the rules of painting in this work.
• The protagonist of German Informalism creates an impressive haptic presence.
• Gestural, expressive work with deliberate color reduction and the original artist"s frame.
• In 1959, 1964, and 1977, Schumacher participated in documenta II, III, and 6 in Kassel
.
The work is registered at the archive of the
Emil Schumacher
Foundation in Hagen, Germany, under the inventory number “0/73.” We are grateful to Mr. Rouven Lotz, director of the
Emil Schumacher
Museum in Hagen, for his kind asexpert advice.
