FROM CALDER
TO GROSSE
IN 2024, OUR POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART DEPARTMENT’S AUCTIONS FEATURED NUMEROUS WORKS BY MAJOR INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS. FROM ALEXANDER CALDER AND SOL LEWITT TO VICTOR VASARELY, FROM FRANZ GERTSCH TO MANOLO VALDÉS AND KATHARINA GROSSE, THE SPECTRUM COVERED CLASSIC POST-WAR ART TO THE PRESENT DAY.
Koller’s auctions of contemporary art achieve a high level of visibility worldwide. In addition to realising top prices for internationally renowned artists, we even set a world record for a work by the Indian post-war artist Sohan Qadri, who is relatively unknown in Switzerland, in our online auction in December.
Koller has further expanded our Post- War & Contemporary department with a newly formed, five-person team, and aims to make it one of the company’s mainstays. In December 2024 we were consigned some important artworks, and are already looking forward to our upcoming June auctions.
KATHARINA
GROSSE
Untitled. 2000.Acrylic on canvas.
200 × 284 cm.
Sold for
CHF 225 000
ALEXANDER
CALDER
Hommage à Mondrian.1965. Gouache and ink
on paper. 107.5 × 75 cm.
Sold for
CHF 112 000
MANOLO
VALDÉS
Dorothy IX. 2003.Mixed media on jute.
210 × 230 cm.
Sold for
CHF 350 000
NIKI DE SAINT
PHALLE
Les patineurs (couple ailé).Painted synthetic resin.
Edition of one. 49 × 65 cm.
Sold for
CHF 107 000
ALEXANDER
CALDER
Three white dots on orange stalk.1952. Sheet metal, metal rods,
wire and paint. 45 × 66 × 36 cm.
Sold for
CHF 500 000
"For Franz Gertsch, reality is not only a pictorial challenge, but also a conceptual one. His images follow an intrinsic logic, which aims for absolute coherence of all elements".
MUSEÉ FRANZ GERTSCH, BURGDORF
VICTOR
VASARELY
Kezdi-RSZ. 1966–74.Acrylic on canvas.
160 × 160 cm.
Sold for
CHF 185 000
FRANZ
GERTSCH
Pestwurz I. 1993/94.Edition of one. Mixed media
on Japan paper. 276 × 217 cm.
Sold for
CHF 185 000
RICHARD
SERRA
T. E. Siegen. 1999.Etching. 19/40.
151.1 × 121 cm.
Sold for
CHF 65 000
CONTACT FOR
INFORMATION AND
CONSIGNMENTS:
CLARISSE DOGE
Co-Head of departmentPost-War & Contemporary
doge@kollerauctions.com
+41 44 445 63 20