
Abstrakter Akt
Oil on hardboard
Original catalogue wording
Abstrakter Akt
Öl auf Hartfaserplatte
Auction date : 2018-11-30
Published result : 3472 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 4000
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German painter Rudolf Jahns, born in 1896 and died in 1983, was among the members of the Abstracts of Hanover, a group founded in 1927. A work titled Abstrakter Akt, dated 1955, is an oil painting on fibreboard. Signed and dated “R. Jahns 55” at the lower right, it bears the inscription “unvollendet J.” on the verso. The provenance indicated for this work begins with a gift from the artist to a previous owner; it subsequently remained in the family.
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Oil on hardboard
Abstrakter Akt
Öl auf Hartfaserplatte
Auction date : 2018-11-30
Published result : 3472 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 4000
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Watercolour on paper
Der Neubau
Aquarell auf Papier
Auction date : 2017-12-01
Published result : 9920 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 7000
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