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Walter Dahn

Lot 619
Der Rosenkavalier, 1982
Acrylic

70.9 x 63.0 in (180.0 x 160.0 cm)

Lot 619
Der Rosenkavalier, 1982
Acrylic
70.9 x 63.0 in (180.0 x 160.0 cm)

Estimate:
€ 12,000 - 18,000
Auction: 20 days

Van Ham Kunstauktionen

City: Cologne
Auction: Jun 04, 2025
Auction number: A533
Auction name: Modern, Post War & Contemporary

Lot Details
DAHN, WALTER
1954 Krefeld - 2024 Cologne

Title: Zehen im Mund.
Date: 1980.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 129 x 129cm.
Notation: Inscribed, signed and dated verso upper left: NEW! Walter Dahn 1980.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.


Provenance:
- Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne (adhesive label)
- Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt (former permanent loan)
- Private collection Germany

Exhibitions:
- Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt 1985/86 (adhesive label)

Literature:
- Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Hessischen Landesmuseums in Darmstadt (ed.): Tiefe Blicke. Kunst der achtziger Jahre aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, der DDR, Österreich und der Schweiz, Cologne 1985, cat. no. 59, ill.

In the mid-1980s, the work was part of the groundbreaking exhibition and collection presentation 'Deep Views' at the Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt. It has been on permanent loan there ever since and is now being offered on the auction market for the first time.
Lot Details
DAHN, WALTER
1954 Krefeld - 2024 Cologne

Title: Zehen im Mund.
Date: 1980.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 129 x 129cm.
Notation: Inscribed, signed and dated verso upper left: NEW! Walter Dahn 1980.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.


Provenance:
- Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne (adhesive label)
- Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt (former permanent loan)
- Private collection Germany

Exhibitions:
- Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt 1985/86 (adhesive label)

Literature:
- Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Hessischen Landesmuseums in Darmstadt (ed.): Tiefe Blicke. Kunst der achtziger Jahre aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, der DDR, Österreich und der Schweiz, Cologne 1985, cat. no. 59, ill.

In the mid-1980s, the work was part of the groundbreaking exhibition and collection presentation 'Deep Views' at the Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt. It has been on permanent loan there ever since and is now being offered on the auction market for the first time.

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