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  • ERIC MASSHOLDER (B. 1960) - Monte verità
    Mar. 26, 2022

    ERIC MASSHOLDER (B. 1960) - Monte verità

    Est: €2,500 - €3,500

    ERIC MASSHOLDER (B. 1960) Monte verità signed (along right margin) mixed media on canvas 55.5 x 43.5 cm

    Hermitage Fine Art
  • ERIC MASSHOLDER (B. 1960) When fire makes water
    Jun. 17, 2021

    ERIC MASSHOLDER (B. 1960) When fire makes water

    Est: €7,000 - €8,000

    oil on canvas 110 x 70 cm painted in 2009 Provenance: Private collection, South of France When Fire Makes Water exemplifies Massholder’s sense of experimentation and fun. Using various techniques, he draws inspiration from surrealism, and ideas of the subconscious, but injects humour and even a sense of Pop art into his image, with the comic, phallic black figure with fists raised in the centre of the work, and the dots that look as if they have been spray painted on. This painting, like so much of Massholder’s work, is an exploration of boundaries, such as the line between the real and surreal, and the conscious and subconscious.

    Hermitage Fine Art
  • ERIC MASSHOLDER (B. 1960) Kaleo
    Jun. 17, 2021

    ERIC MASSHOLDER (B. 1960) Kaleo

    Est: €3,000 - €4,000

    signed (along left edge) mixed media pastel on paper 104 x 59 cm executed in 1995 Provenance: Private collection, South of France

    Hermitage Fine Art
  • ERIC MASSHOLDER (B. 1960) Cozy
    Jun. 17, 2021

    ERIC MASSHOLDER (B. 1960) Cozy

    Est: €2,500 - €3,000

    signed (along left edge) pastel on paper 50 x 65 cm executed in 1992 Provenance: Private collection, South of France

    Hermitage Fine Art
  • ERIC MASSHOLDER (B. 1960) Intimate prayers
    Jun. 17, 2021

    ERIC MASSHOLDER (B. 1960) Intimate prayers

    Est: €2,500 - €3,000

    signed and dated ‘Massholder 92’ (along left edge) pastel on paper 50 x 65 cm executed in 1992 Provenance: Private collection, South of France In these earlier works, one can see Massholder’s fascination with strong, graphic lines, bold colours and sensuous forms. Colour is crucial in his works, and in Intimate Prayers the pop of red nail polish on the figure’s hands are a small but standout detail that makes the anonymous figure feel more like a real individual, heightening the sense of intimacy in the work.

    Hermitage Fine Art
  • ERIC MASSHOLDER (B. 1960) Space Union
    Jun. 17, 2021

    ERIC MASSHOLDER (B. 1960) Space Union

    Est: €12,000 - €15,000

    mixed media, oil and graphite on paper, triptych 110 x 225 cm executed in 2009 Provenance: Private collection, South of France In this triptych entitled Space Union, Massholder creates a unique world where human forms meet alien figures, and the ordinary blends with the extraordinary and otherworldly. Figures, especially if seen as individual panels, almost begin to take on the form of landscapes in this weird pictorial space. It’s a work that explores otherness as a way to reconsider the familiar, a vast alien space that contains an outline of the human. In Space Union the lines between the strange and the quotidian are shown to be much more porous than we might think. Executed with fine, well-defined graphite lines, and meticulously drawn of flesh and surfaces, this work unveils a tactile and visual contrast of materials, which the artist employs to emphasize the figures in contrast with the vast green background of this large-scale triptych. ERIC MASSHOLDER (b. 1960) Working with and between different artistic traditions is a hallmark of Eric Massholder’s work, as he’s an artist who is deeply interested in the unexpected connections that surround us. Now based in the south of France, in his youth the Franco-German artist wanted to understand more about art across different cultures. This compelled him to travel to and study in numerous countries including Morocco, Greece and India. Working in various mediums, Massholder is always exploring new potential networks, drawing on a wealth of inspiration from famous artists and artistic movements such as Picasso, Dalí and surrealism to Greek mythology and contemporary culture. Born in 1960, Massholder is something of an artistic explorer whose series span a plethora of styles, often uncovering surprising new relationships between different artistic ideas. Be they lasting or fleeting, these connections create an artistic world that is consistently examining the porousness of boundaries of all kinds, and the interplay between the conscious and subconscious. This can be clearly seen not only in Massholder’s paintings from the late 2000s, such as Space Union and When Fire Makes Water, but also in much of his earlier work, for instance with Kaleo from 1995.

    Hermitage Fine Art
  • Eric Massholder, born 1960 Heidelberg, mixed media on
    Apr. 17, 2020

    Eric Massholder, born 1960 Heidelberg, mixed media on

    Est: €50 - €100

    Eric Massholder, born 1960 Heidelberg, mixed media on board, signed, framed under glass , total approx 85x65 cm . German Description: Eric Massholder, geb. 1960 Heidelberg, Mischtechnik auf Karton, sign., unter Glas gerahmt , gesamt ca. 85x65 cm

    Henry's Auktionshaus
  • Massholder, Eric
    Oct. 18, 2014

    Massholder, Eric

    Est: - €120

    Massholder, Eric (1960). Surreale Landschaft. Ölgemälde. 80 x 80 cm. Ohne Rahmen. - Unter rosarotem Himmel Vulkanlandschaft mit zwei hohen phallischen Gebilden.

    Kiefer Buch- und Kunstauktionen
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