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MARY BAUERMEISTER (B. 1934)

Lot 312
18.11.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 312 | MARY BAUERMEISTER (B. 1934)
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MARY BAUERMEISTER (B. 1934)

Sand Stein Kugel Gruppe

titled ‘Sand Stein Kugel Gruppe’ (on the reverse of five elements); dated ‘1962’ (on the reverse of two elements)

assemblage—modeling compound, casein tempera, stones, ink, sand, wood, glass, natural objects on canvas and wood, in seven parts

overall installation dimensions: 98 1/8 x 149 1/2 (249.1 x 379.7 cm.)

installation dimensions variable

Executed in 1962.





Provenance

Fernanda Bonino Gallery, New York

By descent from the above to the present owner



Literature

"Ihr Problem: Musik und Kunst. Besuch bei der Kölner Malerin Mary Bauermeister", Bonner Rundschau, Bonn, 7 July 1962 (illustrated).

"Muziek en Bleed", Trouw, Amsterdam, 9 June 1962, n.p. (illustrated).

H. de Vries, "Expositie van Mary Bauermeister vergt geleerde toelichting", Het Vrije Volk, Amsterdam, 8 January 1963.

"In Einhovense van Abbe-Museum. De nieuwe vormenwereld van Mary Bauermeister. Elektronisch verklangt", Het Vrije Volk, Amsterdam, 12 April 1963.

G. Kording, D. Kokee-van den Berge, "Elektronische muziek met beeldende kunst. Horen en zien op de grens van kunst en kitsch", Nieuwe Haagse Courant, Den Haag, 9 February 1963.

"De mensen hebben zich al zo dikwijls vergist. Expositie Mary Bauermeister en elektronische muziek", Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, Groningen, 13 January 1963 (illustrated).

G. Oudshoorn, "Mary Bauermeister met experimentele Manifestatie in Gemeentemuseum. Verband tussen muziek en beeldcompositie", Haagsch Dagblad, Den Haag, 6 February 1963 (illustrated).

R. E. Penning, "Combinatie van schilderkunst en muziek in Gemeentemuseum", Haagse Courant, Den Haag, 2 February 1963 (illustrated).

M. Velte, ed., Mary Bauermeister. Gemälde und Objekte 1952-1972, exh. cat., Koblenz: Mittelrhein Museum, 1972, pp. IX, XIX, 26 and 17, fig. 26, 27 (illustrated).

H. Cotter, "Mary Bauermeister. Omniverse", The New York Times, 5 May 2016 (illustrated).

H. Ohls, Yes, No, Perhaps. Mehrwertige Ästhetik im OEuvre von Mary Bauermeister, Munich, 2022, pp. 118-131 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Stedelijk Museum Schiedam; Groninger Museum; Gemeentemuseum Den Haag; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, mary bauermeister schilderijen & karlheinz stockhausen electronische muziek, June 1962-April 1963, n.p., no. 2 (illustrated)

New York, Galleria Bonino, paintings and howevercalls, March–April 1964, n.p., no. 14.

Northampton, Smith College Museum of Art, Mary Bauermeister. The New York Decade, January-May 2015, pp. 28 and 110, no. 25 (illustrated).

New York, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, Mary Bauermeister: Omniverse, April-May 2016.
Art style:Post War Art
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