Lot: 8178

Date of sale: 16. Tue Apr 2024

Karl May (1901-1976), German-Ca

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Start price: EUR 150

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

Karl May (1901-1976), German-Canadian expressionist who studied in Prague and Vienna. His works were shown in the Feme exhibition ”Degenerate Art” and later destroyed. After several years in Iran, where he taught at the academy in Tehran, he emigrated to Canada. ”drei Hühner” from his series of reduced animal depictions reminiscent of Mataré, colored chalk on washed paper (not fixed), signed and dated ”may 49” lower right, slight traces of storage, sheet measures 62 x 44 cm

Category: Contemporary Arts