Willi Baumeister

Willi Baumeister 1889 - 1955 Verspannung. 1921. Oil on canvas. Signed on the reverse of the canvas and monogrammed and dated on the stretcher. 69.5 x 55.5 cm (27.3 x 21.8 in). [AW]. • An early and iconic example of Willi Baumeister’s transition from a figurative to a geometrical style. • From the significant series of works titled “Flächenkräfte” (1920–1925). • “Verspannung” was included in the major retrospective at the Nationalgalerie in Berlin in 1989. • Works from 1921 are held by, among others, the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. • Distinguished provenance: formerly part of the collection of Alfred Roth (1903–1998), a Swiss architect and designer and an important representative of the “Neues Bauen” movement. • Offered on the international auction market for the first time (source: artprice.com). We are grateful to Felicitas Baumeister and Hadwig Goez of the Baumeister Archive in Stuttgart for their kind expert advice. PROVENANCE: Alfred Roth Collection, Zurich. Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired in 1995, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin). In the family’s possession ever since. EXHIBITION: Willi Baumeister, Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, April 7–May 28, 1989, cat. no. 15 (with color ill. p. 139). LITERATURE: Peter Beye, Felicitas Baumeister, Willi Baumeister. Catalogue raisonné of paintings, vol. II, Ostfildern 2002, CR no. 244 (with b&w ill., p. 108). Will Grohmann, Willi Baumeister. Leben und Werk, Cologne 1963, CR no. 132 (with b&w illustration on p. 265. Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 15.53 h +/- 20 min.

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