ID 1514989
Lot 15 | Carl Grossberg. Festung Marienberg bei Würzburg
Estimate value
€ 70 000 – 100 000
Title: Festung Marienberg bei Würzburg.
Date: 1934.
Technique: Oil on Canvas.
Mounting: Mounted on wood.
Measurement: 72.5 x 89.5cm.
Notation: Signed and dated lower left: Carl Grossberg 1934. Dated again (deviently), Verso inscribed and titled on label: 1935 G653 Festung Marienberg bei Würzburg.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.
The painting offered here has been requested on loan by the Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg for the planned retrospective 'Carl Grossberg. Objective - Magical - Visionary', from 26 September 2026 to 17 January 2027.
Provenance:
- Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (directly from the artist)
- Ministry of Education and Culture (acquired from the previous owner in 1935)
- Ulrich Gronert Art Dealers, Berlin
- Private collection, Northern Germany
Literature:
- Hamburger, Dietlinde (ed.): Carl Grossberg: Industry and Imagination in New Objectivity Painting, dissertation, Kassel 1990, cat. rais. no. G77
- Carl Grossberg: an outstanding representative of New Objectivity
- Rare Würzburg motif from the early 1930s
- Austere design and quiet poetry merge to create an impressive image.
| Applied technique: | Oil |
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| Auction house category: | Modern Art |
| Applied technique: | Oil |
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| Auction house category: | Modern Art |
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