Helmut Middendorf

Helmut Middendorf 1953 City feeling. 1982. Acrylic on canvas. Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse of the canvas. 220 x 180 cm (86.6 x 70.8 in). [AW]. • Helmut Middendorf takes urban painting in Berlin to new heights. • Through his expressive use of color, he brings the loneliness and anxiety of the individual onto the monumental canvas. • An important work from the pivotal creative period of the early 1980s. • Extensive exhibition history, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1984. PROVENANCE: Galerie Yvonne Lambert, Paris. Fredrik Roos Collection, Skåne, Sweden (until 1994, Christie’s). Galerie Ludwig, Krefeld. Private collection, Hesse (acquired from the above in 1995). Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 2009, Ketterer Kunst). EXHIBITION: Galerie Yvonne Lambert, Paris, Sept. 18–Oct. 14, 1982 (with a exhibition label on the reverse). La giovane pittura in Germania. Die junge Malerei in Deutschland, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna; Museum Folkwang, Essen, Nov. 20, 1982–Jan. 10, 1983, p. 2018 (with b&w ill.). An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 17–August 7, 1984, p. 218 (with b/w illustration, listed there under the title “Roter Himmel”). Deutschsein?. Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, March 13–April 25, 1993. BerlinOttanta. Pittura irruente, MARCA Museo delle Arti di Catanzaro, April 30–October 9, 2011, pp. 145, 147 (with color illustration and cover image). Der Flaneur. From Impressionism to the Present, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Sept. 20, 2018–Jan. 13, 2019, p. 202 (with color illustration). LITERATURE: Galerie & Edition Buchmann (ed.), Helmut Middendorf, St. Gallen 1982, p. 51 (with color illustration). Christie’s, New York, Auction 7874, May 4, 1994, lot 396 (with color illustration, p. 210). Ketterer Kunst, Munich, Auction 351, June 20, 2009, cat. no. 170 (with color illustration, p. 80). Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 14.57 h +/- 20 min.

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