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Assuan (Nubische Figur) is an oil on canvas measuring 115.5 × 55.5 cm. The lot description records a signature and the date “be 64” at lower right; on the reverse, the canvas bears a monogram, the title and the date “cgbe / assuan 64”. The work is listed in the Sommer catalogue under reference G 411.
According to the description, it was exhibited at the Kunstverein Darmstadt in 1965, in an exhibition devoted to Curth Georg Becker and Erich Glette, where the catalogue lists it as no. 29, “Assuan III”. The same description mentions a presentation at the Kunstmuseum Singen in 1984, in the exhibition entitled Curt Georg Becker; the catalogue lists it there as no. 38, under the title “Ägyptische Impression (Frauenakt)”. The provenance given for Assuan is a private collection in Baden-Württemberg.
This profile brings together identity references for Curth Georg Becker and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on canvas
Assuan (Nubische Figur)
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2021-12-04
Published result : 7500 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 6000
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Oil on hardboard
Komposition I
Öl auf Hartfaserplatte
Auction date : 2021-06-18
Published result : 5750 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 6000
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Oil on hardboard
Danae
Öl auf Hartfaserplatte
Auction date : 2020-12-09
Published result : 4125 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 5000
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Oil on canvas
Fleurs du Mal / Stilleben Schafgarbe
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2019-05-31
Published result : 7440 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 6000
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Pastel
Der Hahn
pastel
Auction date : 2018-11-30
Published result : 12400 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 5000
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Oil on canvas
Café du Dôme
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2018-11-30
Published result : 8060 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 6000
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Oil on canvas
Schwarze und weisse Figuren / Tutenchamun
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2018-06-01
Published result : 3720 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 4000
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