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347 - Otmar Alt. Five color drawings (tempera, colored chalk, pencil). 1969. 32.3 × 29.5 cm (48 × 36 cm). Signed, dated, and titled.

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€200 - 300

Sale fees

32%

Otmar Alt. Five color drawings (tempera, colored chalk, pencil). 1969. 32.3 × 29.5 cm (48 × 36 cm). Signed, dated, and titled. Call time: approx. 4:21 p.m. (schedule subject to change) A beautiful series of large-format drawings created during the artist’s trip to Iceland when he was 25 years old. - On sturdy vellum. - Titled as follows in the lower left corner: The Buffer Helmet. - The Moon Goat. - A Hidden Raccoon. - The Swinging Ducks of Iceland. - Professor Minus on Vacation. - Signed “Otmar Alt Iceland” in the lower right corner. - Loose in a parchment folder. - In nearly flawless condition. - Presumably a gift from the artist to Rolf Renker, with whose family the artist had been friends since the early 1970s. - Also included: Otmar Alt. Five color etchings. 1969. 39 × 37 cm (65 × 54 cm). All signed, dated, and numbered. The wide margins are slightly stained. 32.3 × 29.5 cm. - Isolated tiny brown spots on the upper right edges of the paper. English description: (Tempera, colored chalk, pencil). 1969. 32.3 × 29.5 cm (48 × 36 cm). Signed, dated, and titled. A beautiful series of large-format drawings created during the artist’s trip to Iceland when he was 25 years old. - On sturdy vellum. - Titled as follows in the lower left: *The Buffer Helmet*. - *The Moon Goat*. - *A Hidden Raccoon*. - *The Swinging Ducks of Iceland*. - *Professor Minus on Vacation*. - Signed “Otmar Alt Iceland” in the lower right. - Loose in a parchment folder. - Preserved in nearly flawless condition. - Presumably a gift from the artist to Rolf Renker, with whose family the artist had been friends since the early 1970s. - Also: Otmar Alt. Five color etchings. 1969. 39 × 37 cm (65 × 54 cm). All signed, dated, and numbered. The wide margins are slightly stained. A few tiny brown spots in the upper right corner along the edges of the sheets.

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Auction details

Auction 34: Art & Books - Special Catalog: 20th-Century Artist's Books / Renker Collection, Part 2
Saturday, November 21
12:00 PM
86 A Osterbekstraße
22083 Hamburg, Germany

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Christian Hesse Auktionen +49 4 06 94 54 247 mail@hesse-auktionen.de
On Drouot for 4 years avec More than 1,000 lots published

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