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Art (1945-contemporary) > Abstract Art Post-War K.R.H. (d.i. Kurt R. Hoffmann) Sonderborg - Biography

K.R.H. (d.i. Kurt R. Hoffmann) Sonderborg - Tempera

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K.R.H. (d.i. Kurt R. Hoffmann) Sonderborg
1923 - 2008
22.01.60, 21h07-21h12. 1960.
Tempera on phot cardboard, originally laminated on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right. 108 x 70.5 cm (42.5 x 27.7 in). [KA].

• Beautiful early composition, characterized by gestural rhythm and artistic fervor.
• Sonderborg's works are among the most striking pieces of German Art Informel.
• The first owner was the legendary Parisian gallery owner Karl Flinker.
• In 1959 and 1964, he participated in documenta II and III, and in 1964 and 1970, in the Venice Biennale
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PROVENANCE: Galerie Finker, Paris (around 1960, with the label on the stretcher).
Galerie Handschin, Basel (around 1965, with the label on the stretcher).
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (since 1985).

EXHIBITION: K. R. H. Sonderborg, Galerie Finker, Paris, 1960; Galerie Handschin, Basel, 1960, no. 249 (with the label on the stretcher).
K. R. H. Sonderborg, Galerie Handschin, Basel, September 3 - October 3, 1965, cat. no. 12 (with the exhibition label on the stretcher).

In good condition. The photo cardboard is slightly unevenly browned. Tiny brown spots in places. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the aid of a UV light source and to the best of our knowledge and belief.
For information concerning the condition, please view the high resolution image / backside image.

 
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