Art (1945-contemporary) > Figurative Painting (70s - contemporary) Ursula Schultze-Bluhm

Ursula Schultze-Bluhm
1921 - 1999
Mummenschanz bei Nacht. 1997.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower left. Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse of the canvas. 80 x 100 cm (31.4 x 39.3 in). [AW].
• Ursula Schultze-Bluhm creates fantastic worlds full of surrealistic and poetic elements.
• A remarkable artist of the postwar avant-garde with an independent and multifaceted oeuvre.
• Participated in documenta 6 in Kassel in 1977 and the Sydney Biennale in 1979.
• This work was part of the major retrospective at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne in 2023.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin.
EXHIBITION: Ursulas phantastische Welt, Vertretung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen bei der Europäischen Union, Brussels, September 19-October 23, 1998.
Ursula - Das bin ich. Na und?, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, March 18 - July 23, 2023 (illu. in color on p. 329).
LITERATURE: Evelyn Weiss (ed.), Ursula, Munich 2007, CR no. 97/009 (illu. in color on p. 435).
In good condition, colors in fine impression. The canvas shows slight loss of tension in the corners. The edges of the painting are bordered with fabric tape. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the aid of a UV light source and to the best of our knowledge and belief.
backside image.