Gerhard Altenbourg

Gerhard Altenbourg Rödichen/Thuringia 1926 – 1989 Meissen „VERGEBLICH“ 1962. Colour woodcut on laid paper. 15 x 53,4 cm (24 x 64,5 cm) (5 ⅞ x 21 in. (9 ½ x 25 ⅜ in.)) Signed, dated, titled and with the blindstamp: Altenbourg. Janda H 69.2 (of 2). - From the edition of 50 intended copies. Graphikum Dr. Heinrich Mock, Munich 1962. X

Lot 723 Gerhard Altenbourg Rödichen/Thuringia 1926 – 1989 Meissen „EHELICHER BÜRGERKRIEG“ 1956. Watercolour, Chinese India ink in pen and brush, red chalk and Stabilo on laid paper. 42,5 x 59,7 cm (16 ¾ x 23 ½ in.) Titled, monogrammed and dated lower left: Ehelicher Bürgerkrieg GA 56. Dedication in pencil, dated and partly illegible, lower right: Altenbourg Für Herrn [...] / Berlin 2nd Nov. 60. Janda 56/80. - EUR 6.000 – 8.000 US $ 7,770 – 10,360 Provenance: Formerly Galerie Springer, Berlin

Gerhard Altenbourg (1926-1989) Wund-Denkmale the complete portfolio, 1978, including 29 woodcuts in colours hors- texte, on wove paper, and one graphite and watercolour sketch, on Japan paper, signed, dated and inscribed Schau nicht zurück Lutetia CA in pencil on the frontespiece, with title, text and numbered 17 from the edition of 50 in brown ink on the justification, with the artist blindstamp on 25 pages, each sheet signed with the artist signature and inscribed 'CA', the full sheets, with two 20 mm. pieces of hinging tape on the reverse of the watercolour, a soft crease at the upper left and right corner of the watercolour, otherwise in good condition, within the original portfolio case and cover 319 x 334 mm. (overall)

Gerhard Altenbourg Rödichen/Thuringia 1926 – 1989 Meißen „VERSCHMÄHTE WONNE, SPRÖDE EILE“ 1974. Colour woodcut on cardboard. 25 x 45,8 cm (39,5 x 49,8 cm) (9 ⅞ x 18 in. (15 ½ x 19 ⅝ in.)) Signed, dated and titled: Altenbourg as well as with the blindstamp. Janda H 174.1. - One of 4 numbered prints.

Gerhard Altenbourg Rödichen/Thuringia 1926 – 1989 Meißen „HELMKOPFLANDSCHAFT“ 1989. Watercolour, gouache, sepia ink, red chalk, India ink and various crayons on nacreous wove paper. 60,5 x 42 cm (23 ⅞ x 16 ½ in.) Signed and dated above the round artist's blind stamp ALTENBOURG lower left: Altenbourg 1989. Titled, signed, dated, added with the work number and monogrammed on the reverse: Helmkopflandschaft Altenbourg 1989 89/22 CA. Janda/Schmidt 89/22. - EUR 18.000 – 24.000 Exhibitions: Gerhard Altenbourg. Berlin, Galerie Brusberg and Galerie Berlin, 1989/90 [=Brusberg Dokumente 22] Literature and Illustration: Anneliese Ströch and Dieter Brusberg (eds.): Gerhard Altenbourg. Der Gärtner. Eine Monografie in Bildern. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt a.M. 1996, ill. p. 126 [=Brusberg-Bücher 2]