Lot: 8180

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. ”Lying zebra” from his series of reduced animal depictions reminiscent of Mataré, color chalk on washed paper (not fixed), signed and dated ”may 47” lower right, sheet dimensions 46.5 x 51 cm

Category: Contemporary Arts