A UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT BOWL, 1914

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JOHANNES ITTEN
A UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT BOWL, 1914
hammered brass, tapering octagonal form
2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high; 4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) wide
underside with later applied paper label handwritten Johannes Itten 1914

來源

Acquired circa 1970 by the vendor from Ida Kerkovius (1879-1970), student at the Stuttgart Academy 1908-1911, independant artist 1911-1920, and student at the Bauhaus, Weimar, 1920-1923. In 1933 Kerkovius was included in the list of 'degenerate artists' by the National Socialists.

展覽

Johannes Itten - Künstler und Lehrer, Kunstmuseum, Bern, 25 September - 18 November 1984; Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, 13 January - 3 March 1985; Galerie der Stadt, Stuttgart, April - May 1985

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

The noted theoretician and teacher Johannes Itten studied painting at the Stuttgarter Academie between 1913-1916 before founding his own art school in Vienna. While teaching, he discovered the 'significance of automatism in the artistic process', and his instruction included studies of form and colour contrasts, and compositions with texture. Between 1919-1923 he was a central influence as a master at the Bauhaus, Weimar, devising the preliminary course that became a new concept for training artists. It was primarily through his influence that Georg Muche, Oskar Schlemmer, Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky were called to the Bauhaus. His approach, however, was considered too mystical for the pragmatic director, Walter Gropius, and in 1923 he moved to Zurich to again establish his own art school.

This lot is accompanied by photocopies of correspondence between Anneliese Itten and the vendor, dated 1971 and 1984 (2), and correspondence from the Kunst Museum Bern, 1984.