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ARTIST USING THE MONOGRAM
»B. de B.« (active around 1920 in Germany)
Above the Clouds in a Biplane (dated 1920)
Preliminary graphite drawing and body colour , 244 x 314 mm. Signed in
red at the bottom left: “B. de B.” and dated: ”1920”.
Condition: well preserved, but partial oxidation of the white lead
Provenance: Private Collection Leipzig
The fascination for flying, which was seen particularly by the
Italian artists of the Futurismo as the dawn of a new period, has an
equivalent in this dynamic composition with the young couple
floating above the clouds. |
