Germann Auctionhouse Zurich
Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors, Drawings and Multiples
Monday, 25 November 2019, 06:00 pm

Stephan Balkenhol, Grosses Kopf Relief (Mann)

Lot 86

Stephan Balkenhol, 1957 (DE)

Grosses Kopf Relief (Mann), 2000

Poplar wood, carved and painted.
diameter 1140 mm D 120 mm

Diameter 1140 mm Depth 120 mm
Verso label of the Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich.

*CHF40'000 / 60'000
*EUR37'000 / 56'000
*USD40'000 / 60'000

Hammer Price: CHF 30'500

Annotation:

Provenance:
Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich;
Swiss property.

The German sculptor Stephan Balkenhol (*1957 Fritzlar) is known for his wooden sculptures, roughly carved from a block and painted in colour. Since the 1980s his oeuvre has revolved around figurative representation and the existential questions of contemporary man. The expressive surface design of the artwork "Grosses Kopfrelief (Mann)" refers to the sculptural working process and, together with the absent expression of the figure, is characteristic of Balkenhol's wooden works.
The artist teaches as professor of sculpture at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe since 1992. He lives and works in Karlsruhe and Meisenthal (France).