Post War & Contemporary Art 
24 May 2022
Post War & Contemporary Art 
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Mathias Goeritz 1915–1990

Untitled

c. 1955
gouache and charcoal on paper laid to Masonite 25⅝ h × 19⅝ w in (65 × 50 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $20,800
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Signed to lower edge 'MG'.
provenance: Libreria Schwarz, Milan | Private Collection
literature: Mathias Goeritz Obra: 1915 - 1990, Kasner, pg. 96, no. 390

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You know that I am a bastard child of German Expressionism… I always liked to exaggerate and to make gigantic or minuscule things. What always shocked me was the damn human measure. For me, what counted always was the divine measure.

Mathias Goeritz

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