Rudolf Bauer Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Rudolf Bauer Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 27, 2024
Rudolf Bauer, Prison Drawing (double-sided); Fashion Illustration (two works)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Rudolf Bauer Prison Drawing (double-sided); Fashion Illustration (two works) ink and gouache on paper; graphite on paper (double-sided) 17.5 h x 10.625 w in (44 x 27 cm) 6 h x 6.875 w in (15 x 17 cm) Bauer's prison drawings, created during his months-long imprisonment in Gestapo prison, are a testament to his perseverance and unwillingness to cave into the political persecution against art during the Nazi regime. Signed to lower right of one work, recto and verso 'B'. Signed to lower edge of additional work 'Rudolf Bauer'. Estate stamp to verso of one work. Provenance: Estate of the artist (one work) | Portico New York, Inc., New York (additional work) | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jun. 27, 2024
Rudolf Bauer, Solingen (Clown - 849); Fashion Illustration (two works)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Rudolf Bauer Solingen (Clown - 849); Fashion Illustration (two works) ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper 18 h x 10.125 w in (46 x 26 cm) 18.5 h x 12.125 w in (47 x 31 cm) Signed to lower right of each work 'Rudolf Bauer' with estate stamp to verso of one work. Provenance: Portico New York, Inc., New York (one work) | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jun. 27, 2024
Rudolf Bauer, Prison Drawing; Fashion Illustration (two works)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Rudolf Bauer Prison Drawing; Fashion Illustration (two works) 1938-39 ink and gouache on paper; graphite on paper 18.875 h x 12.375 w in (48 x 31 cm) sight: 5.875 h x 8 w in (15 x 20 cm) Bauer's prison drawings, created during his months-long imprisonment in Gestapo prison, are a testament to his perseverance and unwillingness to cave into the political persecution against art during the Nazi regime. Signed and inscribed to lower right of one work 'Rudolf Bauer Sonny boy' with estate stamp to verso. Signed to lower right of additional work 'B'. Provenance: Portico New York, Inc., New York (one work) | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jun. 23, 2024
Rudolf Bauer (German, 1889-1953) Graphite Sketch
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Rudolf Bauer (German, 1889-1953) Graphite Sketch Undated, pencil signed lower right, a depiction of a strolling couple in formal attire, matted behind acrylic in a black wood frame retaining a Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco label verso Property from: a Private Collector, Rockford, Illinois Category: Fine Art > Drawings Estimated Sale Time: 12:03 pm CST Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot. Please visit our website for a shipping estimate. Last modified: June 3, 2024, 1:13 pm
Leonard Auction
Jun. 06, 2024
Rudolf Bauer (1889 Lindenwald bei Bromberg – Deal/New Jersey 1953) – Pink Circle (Pink Circle)
Est: €250,000 - €350,000
Oil on canvas. (1938). C. 130 x 156 cm. Signed lower right and signed once more on the reverse.
Karl & Faber
Jun. 01, 2024
Bauer, Rudolf: Der Spargel mundet mir offen gestanden ganz vortrefflich
Est: €600 - €800
Der Spargel mundet mir offen gestanden ganz vortrefflich Bleistift, verso auf Landkarte. Um 1938. 15,4 x 12 cm. Unten rechts mit Bleistift monogrammiert "B". Er nimmt es mit Humor und schreibt, im Gefängnis sitzend, von dem ihm natürlich völlig unerreichbaren Spargelessen. "Der Künstler gestaltet ein inneres Erlebnis. Er gestaltet, er bildet, er formt. Er gibt nicht die Natur, er schafft ein Neues." - so sagt Rudolf Bauer selber über sein Schaffen (zit. nach Rudolf Bauer, Ausst.-Kat. Galerie Gmurzynska, Köln 1969, unpag.). Skizzen abstrakter Ideen gruppiert Bauer zusammen auf der Rückseite eines Landkartenfragments. - Provenienz: Privatsammlung Berlin - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
Bassenge Auctions
Jun. 01, 2024
Bauer, Rudolf: Ohne Titel (Gefängniszeichnung)
Est: €500 - €700
Ohne Titel (Gefängniszeichnung) Bleistift auf Packpapier. Um 1938. 11,5 x 15 cm. Unten rechts mit Bleistift monogrammiert "B". Der inhaftierte Künstler zeichnete 1938 zahlreiche meist abstrakte Arbeiten auf kleinen Papierrestchen. Als Rudolf Bauer nämlich im Jahr 1938 nach einer Reise in die USA nach Deutschland zurückkehrte, wurde er von der Gestapo verhaftet. Angeklagt wurde er wegen Devisenvergehen, denn er hatte in den USA einige Bilder an Guggenheim verkauft und im Anschluss aus dem Erlös wiederum Kunstwerke gekauft. Erst nach Monaten kam er wieder frei. Im Jahr 1939 gelang ihm die endgültige Emigration in die USA. - Provenienz: Privatsammlung Berlin - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
Bassenge Auctions
Jun. 01, 2024
Bauer, Rudolf: Gefängniszeichnung
Est: €500 - €700
Gefängniszeichnung Bleistift auf Zigarettenschachtelkarton. Um 1938. 6,4 x 10,3 cm. Unten rechts mit Bleistift monogrammiert "B". Jedes Stückchen Papier war ihm recht: Bauer, der 1918 Gründungsmitglied der Novembergruppe in Berlin gewesen war und sich in Herwarth Waldens Avantgardekreis um den "Sturm" bewegte, galt unter den Nazis als "Judensympathisant", seine Werke als "entartet", "degeneriert" und "undeutsch". So musste er während seiner Haftzeit in Ermangelung anderer Materialien imaginierte abstrakte Kompositionen auf allen erreichbaren Arten von Papier, wie hier einem Stückchen einer Zigarettenschachtel, zeichnen. - Provenienz: Privatsammlung Berlin - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
Bassenge Auctions
Jun. 01, 2024
Bauer, Rudolf: Gefängniszeichnung
Est: €500 - €700
Gefängniszeichnung Bleistift auf Zigarettenschachtelkarton. Um 1938. 6,4 x 10,8 cm. Unten rechts mit Bleistift monogrammiert "B". "1938 wurde er von der Gestapo verhaftet, nachdem seine eigene Schwester verraten hatte, dass er mit 'Judengeld' Bilder erwarb. Selbst im Gefängnis fertigte Bauer jeden Tag Zeichnungen an. Die Bleistiftskizzen entwarf er auf der Rückseite von Hitler-Reden, die in gedruckter Form den Häftlingen zur Verfügung gestellt worden waren. Als Rebay von der Verhaftung erfuhr, reiste sie mit einem prall gefüllten Geldkoffer, den ihr Guggenheim gegeben hatte, nach Berlin. Bauer kam frei, doch es dauerte fast ein Jahr, bis der Maler ein Schiff in Richtung New York bestieg." (Simon Broll, Der Meister, der nicht malen wollte, in: spiegel.de, 27.09.2014, Zugriff 27.02.2024). - Provenienz: Privatsammlung Berlin - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
Bassenge Auctions
Apr. 18, 2024
Rudolf Bauer, Bantama (from the New European Graphics, Portfolio III: German Artists)
Est: $700 - $900
Rudolf Bauer Bantama (from the New European Graphics, Portfolio III: German Artists) 1921 lithograph on Japan paper image: 15.5 h x 12.375 w in (39 x 31 cm) sheet: 19.5 h x 13.5 w in (50 x 34 cm) Signed to lower right 'Rudolf Bauer'. This work is from the deluxe edition of 10 apart from the edition of 100 printed by Staatlichen Bauhaus, Weimar and co-published by Staatlichen Bauhaus, Weimar and Muller & Co. Verlag, Potsdam. Literature: Wingler III/1 This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Wright
Mar. 06, 2024
Tanzende Bälle (Dancing Balls)
Est: £200,000 - £300,000
Rudolf Bauer 1889 - 1953 Tanzende Bälle (Dancing Balls) signed R. Bauer (lower right) oil on canvas 104 by 104 cm. 51 by 51 in. Executed circa 1935-38. Rowland Weinstein has confirmed that this work is recorded in the Bauer Archives.
Sotheby's
Feb. 22, 2024
Rudolf Bauer, (German, 1889-1953), Watercolor
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Rudolf Bauer, (German, 1889-1953) Andante, 1920, watercolor and tempera on paper,signed Rudolf Bauer Bxent, lower right,with Guggenheim label, inventory FN M249 affixed to the paper reverse 13 by 8 in. (32.7 x 20.63 cm.), overall, matted, framed, 22 by 17 in., (55.5 x 42.5 cm.)
A.B.Levy’s Palm Beach
Feb. 21, 2024
Rudolf Bauer
Est: $800 - $1,200
German, 1889-1953 Untitled (Conversations) Stamped with estate stamp at lower left margin, inscribed RB2153 on the reverse Ink and graphite on gray card 16 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches (41.6 x 28.9 cm) Minor toning at edges. A 1/4 inch crease at lower right corner. A 2 inch crease at upper right edge. Minor handling marks.
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Dec. 16, 2023
Rudolf Bauer, German (1889-1953), untitled, non-objective drawing, pencil on paper, 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" (sight), 16"H x 17"W (frame)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Rudolf Bauer German, (1889-1953) untitled, non-objective drawing pencil on paper Shape study, 1938, initialed "B" lower right, Provenance: Created while Bauer was in a German concentration camp in 1938 for being a degenerate artist. ES Thomas French Fine Art. About the artist: Alexander Georg Rudolf Bauer (11 February 1889 – 28 November 1953) was a German-born painter who was involved in the avant-garde group Der Sturm in Berlin, and whose work would become central to the non-objective art collection of Solomon R. Guggenheim. 1915 Bauer was invited to participate in a group show at Der Sturm. He would continue to actively participate in the Der Sturm gallery scene through the mid-1920s. He had his first solo show there in 1917, with 120 "Lyrical Abstract" works, with solo shows in 1919 and 1920. Among the artists who were in the Der Sturm group were Wassily Kandinsky, Marc Chagall, Paul Klee, and Franz Marc.
Ripley Auctions
Dec. 02, 2023
Bauer, Rudolf: Ohne Titel
Est: €40,000 - €60,000
Ohne Titel -- Öl auf Leinwand. 1911-17. -- 85,5 x 100 cm. -- -- "Man fühlt ein Bild, wie man Musik fühlt. Wie man in der Musik Ton für Ton nachempfindet und sich an ihrer Folge und Klangfarbe erfreut, so soll man in der Malerei Farbe für Farbe nachempfinden. Man verfolgt von einer Stelle eines Bildes aus nacheinander die sich anschließenden Formen, wie sie sich bekämpfen, begatten, verdrängen, auflösen, ergänzen, wie sie leben in Bewegung und Gegenbewegung; man verfolgte die Farben, wie sie sich gegenseitig steigern, wie sie sich verschmelzen, wie sie eine Schönheit an die andere reihen.", so beschrieb Rudolf Bauer seine Gefühle zur Kunst (zit. nach: Rudolf Bauer, Ausst.-Kat. Galerie Gmurzynska, Köln 1969, unpag.). Rudolf Bauer lernte gegen den Widerstand des Vaters an der Königlichen Akademie der Künste in Berlin und arbeitete als Illustrator und Karikaturist für verschiedene Zeitschriften und Zeitungen. 1912 lernte er Herwarth Walden kennen und war in den folgenden Jahren in 80 Ausstellungen des "Sturm" u.a. mit Wassily Kandinsky, Marc Chagall, Paul Klee, Otto Nebel und Franz Marc vertreten. 1917 hatte er seine erste große Einzelausstellung in der Galerie "Der Sturm" (57. Ausstellung). Durch seine langjährige Freundin Hilla von Rebay kam Bauer in Kontakt mit Solomon Guggenheim, der den Künstler förderte. 1940 gab Bauer aus persönlichen Gründen das Malen auf und es entstanden keine Bilder mehr, der Künstler verschwand gänzlich von der Bildfläche, bis 1969 die Galerie Gmurzynska, Köln, eine große Retrospektive mit 120 Bildern aus dem Nachlass des Künstlers veranstaltete. Verso ist auf dem Keilrahmen zweimal mit Kreide die alte Beschriftung „No 12“ zu erkennen; ob es sich hierbei eventuell um die Katalognummer aus seiner ersten großen Einzelausstellung in der Galerie "Der Sturm" handelt, ist nicht mehr zu eruieren, im dazugehörigen Katalog unter der Nummer 12 ist das Bild „Improvisation 12“ aufgeführt. Auch die Datierung des Gemäldes ist unklar, verso ist das Bild mit Bleistift von fremder Hand auf 1911 datiert, die Galerie Gmurzynska, Köln, ordnet es im Katalog von 1973 in das Jahr 1912 ein, stilistisch lässt sich das Werk eher um 1915 als Teil der abstrahierenden Bilder einordnen, in denen sich der starke kompositorische wie auch theoretische Einfluss Kandinskys widerspiegelt, dessen kontrastreiche Materialität und imposantes Farbspektrum allerdings noch extremer, fast eklektisch explosiv wirkt. -- -- - Provenienz: Nachlass Louise Bauer Parry (Witwe des Künstlers), USA -- Grisebach, Berlin, Auktion 51, 08.06.1996, Lot 394 -- Privatbesitz Berlin -- -- - Ausstellung: Rudolf Bauer. Bilder aus der "Sturm"-Zeit, Galerie Gmurzynska, Köln 1971, Abb. Kat.-Nr. 29 (der Eintrag wohl verwechselt mit Nr. 10) -- Rudolf Bauer. Galerie Gmurzynska, Köln 1973, Kat.-Nr. 75 (datiert „1912“), mit Farbabb. (verso mit dem Etikett) -- -- - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. -- - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
Bassenge Auctions
Nov. 30, 2023
RUDOLF BAUER (1889 - 1953, GERMAN/AMERICAN) i) Untitled, (Doubletake - 171), ii), Untitled, (Prison Drawing).
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
RUDOLF BAUER (1889 - 1953, GERMAN/AMERICAN) i) Untitled, (Doubletake - 171), ii), Untitled, (Prison Drawing). i)Hand colored lithograph on paper. Signed, Rudolf Bauer, lower right. This is a master proof from an unknown edition size. 385x292 mm; 15 1/4x11 1/2 inches. ii) Blue pencil on paper, c. 1939. Initialed, B, lower right. 178x178 mm; 7x7 inches. Provenance: Estate of Rudolf Bauer; Private collection; Borghi and Company, NY; Herbert Lerner Fine Art, Boca Raton, FL; Portico New York, Inc.; Private collection.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 30, 2023
RUDOLF BAUER (1889 - 1953, GERMAN/AMERICAN) i) Untitled, (Couple - Man with Bowler), ii), Untitled, (Prison Drawing).
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
RUDOLF BAUER (1889 - 1953, GERMAN/AMERICAN) i) Untitled, (Couple - Man with Bowler), ii), Untitled, (Prison Drawing). i)Ink and gouache on paper. Signed, Rudolf Bauer, lower right. 450x273 mm; 17 3/4x10 3/4 inches. ii) Blue pencil on paper, c. 1939. Initialed, B, lower right. 178x178 mm; 7x7 inches. Provenance: Estate of Rudolf Bauer; Private collection; Borghi and Company, NY; Herbert Lerner Fine Art, Boca Raton, FL; Portico New York, Inc.; Private collection. In July 1937 Rudolf Bauer traveled to Paris for a major group exhibition, Origines et development de l'art international independant, at the Jeu de Paume. The exhibition included other luminaries of the time such as Picasso, Braque, Chagall, Leger and Miro. It is believed that, while in Paris, Bauer was warned that it was now too dangerous for a "degenerate" artist to live in Germany. He ignored the warning, returned to Berlin and was arrested several weeks later.Bauer spent about ten months in a Berlin prison. During this period he was defiant. He scavenged scraps of paper and pencils so that he could continue to draw. These drawings make up a significant body of work that are studies for future compositions that he hoped to paint when released from jail.Bauer was rescued by General Franz-Hugo von Rebay, an uncle of Hilla von Rebay (Founding Director of the Guggenheim Museum), accompanied by a suitcase of cash provided by Solomon R. Guggenheim. It is fascinating to note that, while the Nazis could not stop Bauer from making art, an "exclusive" contract from Guggenheim compelled Bauer to stop working entirely. These prison drawings therefore represent the final unfulfilled dreams of a great 20th century painter.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 28, 2023
Rudolf Bauer, 1889-1953, Sommer (Summertime)
Est: CHF300 - CHF600
Signed and titled. (Frame).
Germann Auction House Ltd
Nov. 11, 2023
Bauer, Rudolf. Ohne Titel.
Est: €200 - €300
Bauer, Rudolf. Ohne Titel. (Komposition). Lithographie auf Papier. Signiert und bezeichnet "II" unten rechts mit Bleistift, sowie im Druck mit Signatur. 1917. Motivmaße: 30 x 23 cm. Blattmaße: 43,5 x 35 cm. Am oberen Rand punktuell auf Unterlage montiert und unter Passepartout, Blatt minimal gebräunt und mit wenigen, vereinzelten Stockfleckchen.
Nosbüsch & Stucke GmbH
Oct. 28, 2023
Rudolf Bauer, German (1889-1953), untitled, non-objective drawing, pencil on paper, 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" (sight), 16"H x 17"W (frame)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Rudolf Bauer German, (1889-1953) untitled, non-objective drawing pencil on paper Shape study, 1938, initialed "B" lower right, Provenance: Created while Bauer was in a German concentration camp in 1938 for being a degenerate artist. ES Thomas French Fine Art. About the artist: Alexander Georg Rudolf Bauer (11 February 1889 – 28 November 1953) was a German-born painter who was involved in the avant-garde group Der Sturm in Berlin, and whose work would become central to the non-objective art collection of Solomon R. Guggenheim. 1915 Bauer was invited to participate in a group show at Der Sturm. He would continue to actively participate in the Der Sturm gallery scene through the mid-1920s. He had his first solo show there in 1917, with 120 "Lyrical Abstract" works, with solo shows in 1919 and 1920. Among the artists who were in the Der Sturm group were Wassily Kandinsky, Marc Chagall, Paul Klee, and Franz Marc.
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 17, 2023
Titel unbekannt (Untitled)
Est: £150,000 - £200,000
Rudolf Bauer 1889 - 1953 Titel unbekannt (Untitled) signed Rũdolf Baũer (lower right) oil on canvas 81 by 65.5 cm. 31⅞ by 25¾ in. Framed: 91.7 by 76.5 cm. 37 by 30⅛ in. Executed in 1920. Rowland Weinstein has confirmed that this work is recorded in the Bauer Archives.
Sotheby's
Aug. 24, 2023
Rudolf Bauer
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Rudolf Bauer German, 1889-1953 Untitled (Conversations) Stamped with estate stamp at lower left margin, inscribed RB2153 on the reverse Ink and graphite on gray card 16 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches (41.6 x 28.9 cm) Minor toning at edges. A 1/4 inch crease at lower right corner. A 2 inch crease at upper right edge. Minor handling marks.
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jul. 27, 2023
Rudolf Bauer, Nude Woman at the Dressing Table
Est: $400 - $600
Rudolf Bauer Nude Woman at the Dressing Table c. 1925 lithograph 18.875 h x 12.75 w in (48 x 32 cm) Signed and numbered to lower edge 'No 69 Rudolf Bauer'. This work is number 69 from the edition of unknown size. Provenance: Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jul. 27, 2023
Rudolf Bauer, Female Nude
Est: $400 - $600
Rudolf Bauer Female Nude c. 1915 lithograph image: 16.875 h x 11.25 w in (43 x 29 cm) sheet: 20.5 h x 15.375 w in (52 x 39 cm) Numbered to lower left 'No 58'. This work is number 58 from the edition of unknown size. Provenance: Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jun. 20, 2023
Rudolf Bauer, 1889-1953, Sommer (Summer)
Est: CHF500 - CHF800
Signed and titled. (Frame).
Germann Auction House Ltd
Jun. 13, 2023
Rudolf Bauer, Shapes
Est: $700 - $900
Rudolf Bauer Shapes graphite on paper 8 h x 8.625 w in (20 x 22 cm) Signed to lower right 'B'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
May. 13, 2023
RUDOLF BAUER (1889-1953) Rondo oil on canvas 24 1/8 x 34 5/8 in. (61.3 x 88
Est: $200,000 - $300,000
RUDOLF BAUER (1889-1953) Rondo oil on canvas 24 1/8 x 34 5/8 in. (61.3 x 88 cm.)
Christie's
May. 13, 2023
RUDOLF BAUER (1889-1953 RB0551 - Serioso gouache, watercolor, pen and brush
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
RUDOLF BAUER (1889-1953 RB0551 - Serioso gouache, watercolor, pen and brush and India ink, charcoal and pencil on paper 18 3/4 x 12 5/8 in. (47.7 x 32 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 07, 2023
Rudolf Bauer, Polish 1889-1953, Untitled, for the cover of Der Sturm, 1917; lithograph with waterc
Est: £250 - £350
Rudolf Bauer, Polish 1889-1953, Untitled, for the cover of Der Sturm, 1917; lithograph with watercolour wash on wove, signed in the plate, sheet: 21.4 x 24.2 cm,Â (unframed) (ARR) Note: published by Der Sturm for the cover of Volume 8, Issue 7 (Oc Rudolf Bauer, Polish 1889-1953, Untitled, for the cover of Der Sturm, 1917; lithograph with watercolour wash on wove, signed in the plate, sheet: 21.4 x 24.2 cm,Â (unframed) (ARR) Note: published by Der Sturm for the cover of Volume 8, Issue 7 (October 1917). Bauer had his first solo exhibition at Der Sturm, further participating in the avant-garde group, which promoted seminal artistic movements as Cubism, Surrealism, and Expressionism in early 20th century Europe. Provenance: Dobiaschofsky Auktionen AG, Bern, 8 November 2001, lot 1552, where purchased by the present owner.
Roseberys
Dec. 07, 2022
Rudolf Bauer – Dreiklang (Triad)
Est: €6,000 - €8,000
Pastel, Indian ink and pencil on pale brown cardboard. Ca. 67 x 47 cm. Signed by Louise Bauer Parry, the artist's widow, on the reverse.
Karl & Faber
Dec. 03, 2022
Rudolf Bauer, Badende, Circa 1910
Est: €3,000 -
Sgned 'Rudolf Bauer' in black lower left and titled 'Dame im Bad' in pencil to lower margin.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Dec. 03, 2022
Rudolf Bauer, Ein Komet ist zu sehen, Circa 1910
Est: €2,500 -
Signed 'Rudolf Bauer' in charcoal lower left and titled 'Ein Komet ist zu sehen' in pencil.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Dec. 03, 2022
Rudolf Bauer, Dame auf Sofa, Circa 1907/1910
Est: €2,500 -
Signed 'Rudolf Bauer' in pencil in the image lower right.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Dec. 03, 2022
Rudolf Bauer, Paar am Tisch, Circa 1907/1910
Est: €3,000 -
Signed 'Rudolf Bauer' in black lower left.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Nov. 30, 2022
Rudolf Bauer "Unisono" 1920 ink on paper cm 29.5x22.3 Signed lower right Provenance Private collection, Vienna Private collection, Milan...
Est: €500 - €700
(Wyrzysk 1889 - New Jersay 1953) "Unisono" 1920 ink on paper cm 29.5x22.3 Signed lower right Provenance Private collection, Vienna Private collection, Milan IT "Unisono" 1920 china su carta cm 29,5x22,3 Firmata in basso a destra Provenienza Collezione privata, Vienna Collezione privata, Milano
Il Ponte Auction House
Nov. 05, 2022
Rudolf Bauer, German / American (1989-1953), Non-Objective Drawing, 1938, pencil on paper, 6 1/2"H x 7 1/2"W (sight), 16"H x 17"W (frame)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Rudolf Bauer German / American, (1989-1953) Non-Objective Drawing, 1938 pencil on paper initialed lower right. Provenance: Executed while Bauer was in a German concentration camp in 1938 for being a degenerate artist. ES Thomas French Fine Art. Biography from the Archives of askART: Rudolf Bauer (1889-1953) was one of the originators of non-objective painting. This particular brand of abstraction emphasized total absence of forms relating to the objective world. Bauer was born in Lindenwald, Germany (now Poland) and took up art-making from an early age. He began supporting himself as a cartoonist and caricaturist, publishing works in the popular magazines of the day, which he would do off and on until the mid-1920s. Around 1915 he became involved in Der Sturm, a magazine and gallery run by Herwarth Walden. Walden promoted Bauer's work alongside the work of Vasily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, and Marc Chagall, among others. He also met Hilla Rebay, a baroness and fellow artist, through Der Sturm. Their lifelong relationship—at first romantic and then platonic and business-oriented—would be the defining partnership of their lives. In 1927 Rebay moved to New York, and a year later made the acquaintance of copper magnate Solomon R. Guggenheim. Rebay exposed Guggenheim to non-objective art. He decided to start a non-objective collection, which came to include over 200 works by Bauer alone. Bauer also became Guggenheim's main contact in Europe for purchasing works by other artists, such as Kandinsky, Chagall, Marc, Léger, and others. Bauer simultaneously in Berlin had founded a museum, Das Geistreich, or the "Realm of the Spirit," to house work by himself and other artists. However, as the political situation in Germany changed, the financial viability of this gallery lessened, and Bauer became increasingly dependent on Guggenheim. In 1936 Bauer traveled to the United States to attend the first museum exhibition of Guggenheim's collection. He also became convinced that Guggenheim was the right person to provide the one thing he had always wanted for his art: a permanent home where his body of work could be seen together. In 1938 Bauer, who had chosen to stay in Germany despite the deteriorating political situation, was arrested by the Gestapo and thrown into a Nazi prison. Eventually, through the financial and political influence of Guggenheim and Rebay, Bauer was released. He emigrated to the United States in 1939, just following the opening of the first permanent home of Guggenheim's collection: The Museum of Non-Objective Painting, on 54th Street in New York. At the end of that year, wanting to clear up his debts with Guggenheim, Bauer signed a contract for which he traded over 100 works he had not yet been paid for as well as all his future "output" for a house in Deal, New Jersey; a Duesenberg auto body; and a monthly stipend of $1500. This contract, which was not what he was told he was agreeing to, eventually broke Bauer as he saw that he furthermore would have no control in the running of the museum that housed all his work. He never painted again, and increasingly isolated himself from Rebay and Guggenheim. After Guggenheim died in 1949, Rebay was asked to step down as curator, and the new trustees abandoned Guggenheim's non-objective goals. When the now-iconic Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opened in 1959, Bauer's work, along with other non-objective artists, was banished to the basement. Recently though Bauer's work and reputation has been resuscitated, beginning with solo shows in Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, and finally it is being shown again on the Guggenheim walls, in 2005 in the Art of Tomorrow exhibition and in 2007 in the Founding Collection. In 2007 a major retrospective took place at Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco. Written and submitted by Jasmine Moorhead, Art Researcher
Ripley Auctions
Aug. 11, 2022
Rudolf Bauer, (German, 1889-1953), Insightful Couple, 1915, lithograph, 16 3/4" x 9 3/8"
Est: $150 - $250
Rudolf Bauer (German, 1889-1953) Insightful Couple, 1915 lithograph signed in pencil lower left margin signed in plate inscribed no. 72 16 3/4" x 9 3/8"
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jun. 15, 2022
Rudolf Bauer, Soccer; Graduating Class (two works)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Rudolf Bauer Soccer; Graduating Class (two works) graphite on paper, ink on paper 15 h × 15 w in (38 × 38 cm) 19 h × 24.75 w in (48 × 63 cm) Signed to lower edge of each work 'Rudolf Bauer'. Provenance: Estate of the Artist | Portico New York, Inc. | Private Collection This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 15, 2022
Rudolf Bauer, Freibadcaracatur
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Rudolf Bauer Freibadcaracatur watercolor on paper sight: 14 h × 19.25 w in (36 × 49 cm) Signed to lower right 'Rudolf Bauer'. Provenance: Portico New York, Inc., New York | Private Collection This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 15, 2022
Rudolf Bauer, Untitled (Bauer at the Races)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Rudolf Bauer Untitled (Bauer at the Races) ink and gouache on paper 15 h × 40.5 w in (38 × 103 cm) Signed to lower left 'Rudolf Bauer'. Estate stamp to verso. Provenance: Estate of the Artist | Phillips, New York | Borghi & Co., New York | Collection of Herbert Lerner | Portico New York, Inc. This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 08, 2022
Rudolf Bauer, (German, 1889-1953), Garden Tea Welcome, pastel, gouache and pencil, 19 9/16" x 12 1/4"
Est: $500 - $700
Rudolf Bauer (German, 1889-1953) Garden Tea Welcome pastel, gouache and pencil signed lower right 19 9/16" x 12 1/4" Provenance: The Estate of Rudolf Bauer (stamp verso)
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jun. 08, 2022
Rudolf Bauer, (German, 1889-1953), Strong Man, pastel, 23 3/4" x 11 5/8"
Est: $400 - $600
Rudolf Bauer (German, 1889-1953) Strong Man pastel signed lower right 23 3/4" x 11 5/8"
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Dec. 16, 2021
RUDOLF BAUER (1889-1953) "Sacha! Ihre Braut ist nebenei!"
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
RUDOLF BAUER (1889-1953) "Sacha! Ihre Braut ist nebenei!" Mixed media, including gouache, ink, and crayon, circa 1910. 534x353 mm; 21x14 inches, sheet. Signed in ink, lower left, and caption penciled roughly along bottom margin, which has been folded back, taped to artwork in two areas at top. Verso stamped Estate Rudolf Bauer and numbered 162, additionally numbered 912 and #103. Provenance: Estate of Rudolf Bauer; private collection, New York.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 08, 2021
Rudolf Bauer (1889-1953), Largo ,
Est: CHF200,000 - CHF300,000
Rudolf Bauer (1889-1953), Largo , 1921, huile sur toile, signée, 86x100,5 cm Monsieur Rowland Weinstein a confirmé la présence de l'oeuvre dans les archives BauerProvenance: Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, Collection privée suisse, Genève Exposition : Art of Tomorrow, Fifth Catalogue-The Solomon R Guggenheim Collection of Non-Objective Paintings, New York, 1939, p. 82, no. 49, ill.Rudolf Bauer est un artiste pionnier d?origine allemande, qui figure, avec Kandinsky, parmi les premiers artistes de l'abstraction. A Berlin, passionné d'art dès son plus jeune âge, il s'enfuit du domicile familial après avoir été battu par son père pour avoir avoué sa vocation artistique. Il s'inscrit aux Beaux-Arts qu'il finit par quitter, jugeant leur formation et leurs perspectives trop académiques. Il commence alors une carrière de caricaturiste avant de se lancer définitivement dans la peinture. Il est remarqué dès les années 20 par la célèbre Galerie Der Sturm à Berlin, qui le présente aux côtés de Marc Chagall, Vassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Franz Marc et d'autres grands noms de l'avant-garde. Cette valorisation, qui lui confère une notoriété égale à ces sommités de l'art moderne, le projette sur la scène du public avec un succès retentissant.De 1921 à 1924, la peinture de Bauer a évolué d'un style expressionniste à un style abstrait dans une esthétique géométrique plus équilibrée. Les tableaux présentés en vente illustrent parfaitement ces 2 styles.Le lot 175, «Largo», de 1921 fait partie de sa première période. C?est une période expressionniste abstraite, plus lyrique: L'essentiel est que l'image soit organique. Un facteur décisif est de savoir si l'image est simplement un plan ou une mise en forme de l'espace. Quand je me limite au plan, je ne vois que la toile, ce qui n'est pas ce que je vois quand je travaille dans le cosmique . Rudolf Bauer, 1917Le lot 174, «Blue Point» ainsi que le lot 173 sont caractéristiques de la 2e période avec un style radicalement géométrique, purgé, qu?il gardera jusqu?à la fin de sa carrière artistique et qui connaît un franc succès auprès des collectionneurs. Sa reconnaissance croissante lui permet même d?ouvrir en 1930 un petit musée, «Das Geistreich», dans lequel il expose son travail et celui de Kandinsky. L??uvre «Blue point» est réalisée en 1938. C?est une période particulièrement troublée de la vie de Bauer. En 1937, au retour d?une exposition à Paris il est fait prisonnier des Nazis à Berlin. Grâce à ses relations et en particulier son mécène Salomon Guggenheim, il sera libéré puis s?exilera à New-York en 1939. Bon état général Le tableau est sur toile d'origine Pas de restauration visible Bonne tension et bonne planéité de la toile Présence de quelques lacune éparses mieures : -dans le orange 3 zones mineure à gauche ( 1 à 2 mm chaque-voir photos) -en bas à gauche dans l'angle, à l'extrémité de la forme rouge 3mm - 1 petite trace de frottement/abrasion 3 mm en bas à gauche vers a bordure latérale - au centre à droite, un déplacement d'écaille, 2mm - en bas à gauche bordure inflrieure, une petite lacune 3 mm dans le bleu (voir photos pour illustrer) Présence d'un réseau de craquelures prématurées ciblée sans certaines zones (petit dans les vert en haut à droite, en bas de la forme bleue, dans le rise en haut au centre, dans le vert et le violet à gauche. Ces craquelures sont des craquelures de séchages, liées à la technique de l'artiste et ne sont pas un dommage lié au temps Dans la forme ovale ronde, les craquelures sont légèrement en soulèvement à droite Quelques craquelures d'âge en haut à droite verticales Salissure légère avec petites taches Légères usures sur les bordures
Piguet Hôtel des Ventes | Genève
Dec. 08, 2021
Rudolf Bauer (1889-1953), Blue Point ,
Est: CHF150,000 - CHF250,000
Rudolf Bauer (1889-1953), Blue Point , 1938, huile sur toile, signée, 94,5x74,5 cmMonsieur Rowland Weinstein a confirmé la présence de l'oeuvre dans les archives BauerProvenance: Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, Collection privée suisse, GenèveExposition: Art of Tomorrow, Fifth Catalogue-The Solomon R Guggenheim Collection of Non-Objective Paintings, New York, 1er juin 1939, p. 115, no. 202, ill., Everhart Museum, Scranton, Pa., Art of Tomorrow, 15 juin au 15 septembre, no. 1, Hutton-Hutschnecker Gallery, New York, Rudolf Bauer, 23 octobre au 19 décembre, no. 60, Annely Juda Fine Art, Londres, The non-Objective World 1939-1955, Juillet à septembre 1972, no. 17-A, Galleria Milano, Milan, octobre à novembre 1972, no 17-A Etiquette au verso: Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne L'oeuvre a été rentoilée Très bonne adhésion du rentoilage, bonne planéité de l'oeuvre. Le rentoilage ne semble pas lié à un dommage majeur Sous lumière Uv mise en évidence de 4 zones de retouches: (voir photo UV) -angle gauche - en haut au centre - en bas à droite -angle en haut à droite Ces retouches sont liées à de petites lacunes mineures et sont très largement débordantes par rapport aux réels dommages. En effet la trame fil est visible en dessous. La partie gauche de l'oeuvre dans le fond clair a été recouverte par une couche de retouche très fine et transparente, probablement pour intégrer la retouche sur la petite lacune au centre en haut. Ce rehaut ne recouvre pas de dommage et la trame de la toile est visible. Il s'agit d'un glacis, transparent Quelques retouches sur la périphérie liées à de mineures usures Salissure Usures sur les bordures
Piguet Hôtel des Ventes | Genève
Dec. 08, 2021
Rudolf Bauer (1889-1953), Largo ,
Est: CHF10,000 - CHF15,000
Rudolf Bauer (1889-1953), Largo , 1925, technique mixte sur papier, tempera, aquarelle, encre de Chine et crayon de graphite, signée, 32x23 cm Monsieur Rowland Weinstein a confirmé la présence de l'oeuvre dans les archives BauerProvenance: Baronne Hilla Rebay, Connecticut, Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, Collection privée suisse, Genève Exposition: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection of Non-Objective Paintings, Gibbes Memorial Art Gallery, Charleston, Caroline du Sud, 1er mars au 12 avril 1936, p. 17, no. 14, ill., The Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection of Non-Objective Paintings, Gibbes Memorial Art Gallery, Charleston, Caroline du Sud, 7 mars au 17 avril 1938, p. 22, no. 30, ill., Art of Tomorrow, Fifth Catalogue-The Solomon R Guggenheim Collection of Non-Objective Paintings, New York, 1939, p. 94, no. 98, ill.Bibliographie: Art News, Guggenheim Modern Art Foundation, par Ben Nicholson, 18 septembre 1937
Piguet Hôtel des Ventes | Genève
Dec. 02, 2021
RUDOLF BAUER (1889 - 1953, GERMAN/AMERICAN) Untitled, (Strollers on a Path).
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
RUDOLF BAUER (1889 - 1953, GERMAN/AMERICAN) Untitled, (Strollers on a Path). Pastel on tan paper. Signed, Rudolf Bauer, lower left. Inscribed, #69, on verso. 578x438 mm; 22 3/4x17 1/4 inches.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 01, 2021
Rudolf Bauer "Sapperlolo" ink on paper cm 41x28.5 Signed Provenance Sotheby's, New York (1998) Private collection, Naples Exhibition "Rudolf Bauer 1889-1953. Oelbilder, Gouachen, Zeichnungen" Galerie Gmurzynska, Koln, 12 September - 15 O...
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
(Wyrzysk 1889 - New Jersay 1953) "Sapperlolo" ink on paper cm 41x28.5 Signed Provenance Sotheby's, New York (1998) Private collection, Naples Exhibition "Rudolf Bauer 1889-1953. Oelbilder, Gouachen, Zeichnungen" Galerie Gmurzynska, Koln, 12 September - 15 October 1969, n. 116 ill. in cat. IT "Sapperlolo" inchiostro su carta cm 41x28,5 Firmato in basso a sinistra Provenienza Sotheby's, New York (1998) Collezione privata, Napoli Esposizioni "Rudolf Bauer 1889-1953. Oelbilder, Gouachen, Zeichnungen" Galerie Gmurzynska, Colonia, 12 settembre - 15 ottobre 1969, n. 116 ill. in catalogo
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