Lot Essay
There is another important work by Thomas Ring in the collection of the Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, entitled Aggression, 1928.
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Roter Gong, Rote Stimme
Details
Thomas Ring (German, 1892-1983)
Roter Gong, Rote Stimme
signed with the monogram and dated '1920' (lower right)
oil on canvas
41 x 31¾ in. (104 x 80.6 cm.)
Painted in 1920
Roter Gong, Rote Stimme
signed with the monogram and dated '1920' (lower right)
oil on canvas
41 x 31¾ in. (104 x 80.6 cm.)
Painted in 1920
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 2001.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 2001.
Literature
Thomas Ring Stiftung (ed.), Lebenszeugnisse, Festschrift zum 90. Geburtstag von Thomas Ring, Zurich, 1982, pp. 71-72 (illustrated p. 24).
I. Skiebe, Thomas Ring, ein Maler aus dem Umkreis des "Sturm", Leben, stilkritische Analyse und Werkverzeichnis, Herzberg, 1988, no. G9, p. 394.
I. Skiebe, 'Thomas Ring, ein Künstler im Berlin der 1920er Jahre', in Weltkunst, no. 4, April 2002, pp. 556-558 (illustrated fig. 2).
I. Skiebe, Thomas Ring, ein Maler aus dem Umkreis des "Sturm", Leben, stilkritische Analyse und Werkverzeichnis, Herzberg, 1988, no. G9, p. 394.
I. Skiebe, 'Thomas Ring, ein Künstler im Berlin der 1920er Jahre', in Weltkunst, no. 4, April 2002, pp. 556-558 (illustrated fig. 2).
Exhibited
Berlin, Kartell der Vereinigten Verbände Bildender Künstler Berlins e.V., Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung 1928, May - July 1928, no. 789 (illustrated in room 29, p. 52).
Berlin, Nationalgalerie in der Orangerie des Schlosses Charlottenburg, DER STURM, Herwarth Walden und die Europäische Avantgarde, Berlin 1912 - 1932, September - November 1961, no. 160.
Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska-Bargera, Deutsche Avantgarde 1915 - 1935 (Konstruktivisten), September - November 1971, no. 132.
Witten, Märkisches Museum, February - March 1983, no. 149.
Duisburg, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Thomas Ring, 1892-1983, October - November 1988, no. 1 (illustrated p. 55 and on the cover); this exhibition later travelled to Graz, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum.
Bad Wimpfen, Städtische Galerie Pfalzkapelle, September - October 1983, no. 11.
Paris, Musée de la musique, Le Troisième Reich et la musique, October 2004 - January 2005, no. 3 (illustrated fig. 4 and on inside cover); this exhibition later traveled to Barcelona, Fundació Caixa Catalunya.
Berlin, Nationalgalerie in der Orangerie des Schlosses Charlottenburg, DER STURM, Herwarth Walden und die Europäische Avantgarde, Berlin 1912 - 1932, September - November 1961, no. 160.
Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska-Bargera, Deutsche Avantgarde 1915 - 1935 (Konstruktivisten), September - November 1971, no. 132.
Witten, Märkisches Museum, February - March 1983, no. 149.
Duisburg, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Thomas Ring, 1892-1983, October - November 1988, no. 1 (illustrated p. 55 and on the cover); this exhibition later travelled to Graz, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum.
Bad Wimpfen, Städtische Galerie Pfalzkapelle, September - October 1983, no. 11.
Paris, Musée de la musique, Le Troisième Reich et la musique, October 2004 - January 2005, no. 3 (illustrated fig. 4 and on inside cover); this exhibition later traveled to Barcelona, Fundació Caixa Catalunya.
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