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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 9, 2023 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Contemporary Art Day Sale | 166 | Estimates not disclosed | Relief Mann und Frau |
sculpture
200 x 96 cm (78.74 x 37.8 in)
Wooden reliefs. Spruce/pine wood
Private collection Northern Germany (acquired from the artist in 1988/89).
• Part of many both domestic and international exhibitions, among them the grand show at the Hamburg Deichtorhallen in 2008/2009. • Part of a Northern German private collection for almost 35 years. • In the early 1980s, Balkenhol was one of the leading heads befind the revival of figurative sculpting. • The depiction of people and their wide range of characteristics has always been the main focus of his œuvre. • Impressive exhibition history: " Relief Mann und Frau " was part of, among others, the grand travelling exhibition with shows in Baden-Baden, Duisburg and Salzburg (2006/07) as well as the comprehensive solo show at the Hamburg Deichtorhallen (2008/09) . Stephan Balkenhol. Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Kunstverein Brunswick, February 6 - March 15, 1987, pp. 110 and 137 (with color illu., p. 111). Stephan Balkenhol, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trient, May 28 - August 29, 1999, p. 56 (with full-page illu., p. 57). Stephan Balkenhol, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, July 15 - September 17, 2006; Museum Kuppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, September 28, 2006 - January 28, 2007; Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, February 17 - June 24, 2007, pp. 102 and 277 (with color illu., p. 103). Stephan Balkenhol, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, November 14, 2008 - February 1, 2009, p. 153 (with full-page illu., p. 27). Bewahrung der Schöpfung. Stephan Balkenhol, Wälderhaus, Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg, June 20 - August 8, 2019. "I can work on the wood myself and don"t need an assistant. When I make a bronze cast, it takes three or four hands to finish the job. With wood, on the other hand, I can really do everything myself. I could even go into the forest myself and chop down a tree and make a sculpture out of it. Also, wood is relatively easy to work with and there is no conversion process. With clay or plaster, there is a transformation involved, with wood you have the result in front of you from start to finish." Stephan Balkenhol in an interview with Florian Haller, quoted from: www.serviceplan.blog/de/2022/03/stephan-balkenhol-interview/.
Relief Mann und Frau . 1986. Wooden reliefs. Spruce/pine wood, partly with colors. Man: 200 x 96 cm (78.7 x 37.7 in). Woman: 200 x 76 cm (78,7 x 29,9 in). Total dimensions: 200 x 172 cm (78,7 x 67,7 in). [CH].
