lot 672 — Leonid Keller, Cape Cross (2020)
unsold in slot Greeds and Guts and Glories in auction Chapter 6Concluded. 2021/9/25, 3 pm to 6 pm
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The large-format graphite drawing Cape Cross was created from a photograph (1971) by Alice Mertens, who grew up in Namibia and is the great-granddaughter of Götz Mertens from Potsdam, who emigrated to the colony of German Southwest Africa at the beginning of the last century.
The landscape depicted is the place on the Namibian coast where the stone heraldic column of Cape Cross originally stood. It was erected there by the Portuguese in 1448, as the first sign of colonization in Africa. Only a section of the column can still be seen, floating almost mystically above the landscape.
(The column, which is around 3.5 meters high, was taken to Berlin 125 years ago during the colonial era, where the German Historical Museum decided in 2019 to return the stone monument to Namibia).
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| minimum price | 7.400 € | |
| price estimate | 8.800 € |
| size | 235 x 150 cm | |
| frame | Framed | |
| condition | Mint | |
| technique | Graphite on paper |
The large-format graphite drawing Cape Cross was created from a photograph (1971) by Alice Mertens, who grew up in Namibia and is the great-granddaughter of Götz Mertens from Potsdam, who emigrated to the colony of German Southwest Africa at the beginning of the last century.
The landscape depicted is the place on the Namibian coast where the stone heraldic column of Cape Cross originally stood. It was erected there by the Portuguese in 1448, as the first sign of colonization in Africa. Only a section of the column can still be seen, floating almost mystically above the landscape.
(The column, which is around 3.5 meters high, was taken to Berlin 125 years ago during the colonial era, where the German Historical Museum decided in 2019 to return the stone monument to Namibia).
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
where and how to bis
You can bid directly here on the website (see above), live at the location of the auction in Berlin, vie our partner lot-tissimo, in writing using our bidding form or by phone after arranging it with the auctioneer.
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Menno Aden (2021 09 21 21:34:06) one of my favorites. interesting background. |