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Balkenhol, Stephan

* 10.2.1957 Fritzlar

Stephan Balkenhol was born on 10 February 1957 in Fritzlar, Hesse, the fourth son of a secondary school teacher and a housewife. During his studies from 1976 to 1982 at the Hochschule für Bildende Kunst in Hamburg, Stephan Balkenhol was decisively influenced by Ulrich Rückriem. After graduating, he was awarded a Karl Schmidt Rottluff scholarship and, in 1986, a working scholarship from the Hanseatic City of Hamburg, which paved the way for a successful career as a sculptor. Already by 1987 Balkenhol had received international recognition. In 1989, the artist was awarded the International Prize of the State of Baden-Württemberg, and one year later the Bremen Art Prize.

While working as a sculptor, Stephan Balkenhol also took on teaching assignments at the colleges of fine arts in Hamburg and Frankfurt am Main (Städelschule) from 1988 to 1992, as well as at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe, where he has been a professor since 1992.

His often roughly worked and striking figures of men and women, now and then also a giraffe or a lion, which Stephan Balkenhol hews with an axe from mighty blocks of wood or makes out of bronze and paints in colour, are free of pathos, pain, suffering, joy and desire and have brought him great recognition worldwide. The seemingly inconspicuous and unmistakable sculptures and reliefs tell nothing, reveal nothing of themselves, remain strangely absent, elusive, enigmatic and fictitious. They are ordinary and yet unique. By generally depriving the figures of a psychologising dimension, Balkenhol's figures are also a mirror, reflecting the feelings, desires and hopes of the viewer. Instead of depicting historical personalities, heroes or great thinkers, Balkenhol focuses on the average, the banal, the normal, and the anonymous and places his works in urban public spaces, such as in Berlin, Chicago, Johannesburg, Kortrijk, London, Paris and Salzburg. In addition to his three-dimensional sculptures and two-dimensional relief panels, Stephan Balkenhol also creates drawings, lithographs, woodcuts and screen prints.

Stephan Balkenhol lives and works in Karlsruhe, Berlin and in the French municipality of Meisenthal.

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STEPHAN BALKENHOL

Lot 3517 - A191 PostWar & Contemporary - Saturday 07 December 2019, 02.00 PM

STEPHAN BALKENHOL

(Fritzlar 1957–lives and works i.a. in Karlsruhe)
Mann mit grünem Hemd und Relief Domino. 2007.
Sculpture. Wawa-wood, painted, 2-parts.
Man hight 57 cm. Base 110 x 39 x 39 cm. Relief 200 x 197 cm.

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STEPHAN BALKENHOL

Lot 3451* - A199 PostWar & Contemporary - Thursday 02 December 2021, 04.00 PM

STEPHAN BALKENHOL

(Fritzlar 1957 - lives and works in Karlsruhe)
Kopfrelief Mann. 2017.
Wooden relief, painted.
Signed and dated on the reverse: Stephan Balkenhol 2017.
41.8 × 35.9 × 4.4 cm.

CHF 9 000 / 14 000 | (€ 9 280 / 14 430)

Sold for CHF 21 040 (including buyer’s premium)
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STEPHAN BALKENHOL

Lot 3536* - A181 PostWar & Contemporary - Saturday 01 July 2017, 01.30 PM

STEPHAN BALKENHOL

(Fritzlar 1957–lives and works i.a. in Karlsruhe)
Mann mit weissem Hemd. 2007.
Bronze, patinated and painted.
On the base with the incised monogram and the number: STB 5/25, as well as with the foundery mark.
Height 56.5 cm (incl. base).

CHF 15 000 / 25 000 | (€ 15 460 / 25 770)

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STEPHAN BALKENHOL

Lot 3490* - A197 PostWar & Contemporary - Thursday 01 July 2021, 05.00 PM

STEPHAN BALKENHOL

(Fritzlar 1957–lives and works i.a. in Karlsruhe)
Kopfrelief Frau. 2017.
Wooden relief, painted.
Signed and dated on the reverse: Stephan Balkenhol 2017.
41.8 × 35.9 × 4.5 cm.

CHF 9 000 / 14 000 | (€ 9 280 / 14 430)

Sold for CHF 19 820 (including buyer’s premium)
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Lot 3489* - A197 PostWar & Contemporary - Thursday 01 July 2021, 05.00 PM

STEPHAN BALKENHOL

(Fritzlar 1957–lives and works i.a. in Karlsruhe)
Laocoön. 2016.
Bronze, patinated and painted.
On the underside with the incised signature, dating and numbering: St. Balkenhol 2016-20/24-.
35 × 56 × 35.2 cm.

CHF 8 000 / 12 000 | (€ 8 250 / 12 370)

Sold for CHF 11 250 (including buyer’s premium)
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STEPHAN BALKENHOL

Lot 3453* - A199 PostWar & Contemporary - Thursday 02 December 2021, 04.00 PM

STEPHAN BALKENHOL

(Fritzlar 1957 - lives and works in Karlsruhe)
Kniender Mann. 2012.
Bronze, brown patina, painted.
On the underside with the incised signature, date and number: St. Balkenhol 2012 23/24.
46 × 40 × 35 cm.

CHF 8 000 / 12 000 | (€ 8 250 / 12 370)

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STEPHAN BALKENHOL

Lot 3471* - A201 PostWar & Contemporary - Thursday 30 June 2022, 05.00 PM

STEPHAN BALKENHOL

(Fritzlar 1957–lives and works in Karlsruhe)
Laocoön. 2016.
Bronze, patinated and painted. Artist's proof outside the edition of 24.
On the underside with the incised signature, dating and numbering: St. Balkenhol 2016 E.A. II/III.
34 × 56 × 35 cm.

CHF 8 000 / 12 000 | (€ 8 250 / 12 370)

Sold for CHF 8 750 (including buyer’s premium)
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Lot 3452* - A199 PostWar & Contemporary - Thursday 02 December 2021, 04.00 PM

STEPHAN BALKENHOL

(Fritzlar 1957 - lives and works in Karlsruhe)
Männlicher Torso. 2011.
Bronze, patina in brown, painted. 13/25.
On the underside with incised signature, date and number: St. Balkenhol 2011 -13-.
45 × 36.5 × 31.5 cm.

CHF 6 000 / 8 000 | (€ 6 190 / 8 250)

Sold for CHF 7 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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Lot 3513* - A191 PostWar & Contemporary - Saturday 07 December 2019, 02.00 PM

STEPHAN BALKENHOL

(Fritzlar 1957–lives and works i.a. in Karlsruhe)
Untitled. 1993.
White chalk on black lacquer on wood.
Signed and dated on the reverse: St. Balkenhol 93.
145 x 100 cm.

CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)

Sold for CHF 3 375 (including buyer’s premium)
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STEPHAN BALKENHOL

Lot 3515* - A191 PostWar & Contemporary - Saturday 07 December 2019, 02.00 PM

STEPHAN BALKENHOL

(Fritzlar 1957–lives and works i.a. in Karlsruhe)
Untitled. 1993.
White chalk on black lacquer on wood.
Signed and dated on the reverse: St. Balkenhol 93.
145 x 100 cm.

CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)

Sold for CHF 3 375 (including buyer’s premium)
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STEPHAN BALKENHOL

Lot 3812* - A195 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 05 December 2020, 10.00 AM

STEPHAN BALKENHOL

(Fritzlar 1957–lives and works i.a. in Karlsruhe)
Schmerzenstransformation. 2003.
Bronze relief, brownish patinated. 38/100. With the insiced monogramm lower right: SB. Measurements 51.5 × 31 × 2.5 cm. Art project by Thomapyrin Schmerztabletten in favor of unicef. In original wood crate.

CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)

Sold for CHF 2 750 (including buyer’s premium)
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Lot 3514 - A191 PostWar & Contemporary - Saturday 07 December 2019, 02.00 PM

STEPHAN BALKENHOL

(Fritzlar 1957–lives and works i.a. in Karlsruhe)
Untitled. 1993.
White chalk on black lacquer on wood.
Signed and dated on the reverse: St. Balkenhol 93.
145 x 100 cm.

CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)

Sold for CHF 1 875 (including buyer’s premium)
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STEPHAN BALKENHOL

Lot 3516 - A191 PostWar & Contemporary - Saturday 07 December 2019, 02.00 PM

STEPHAN BALKENHOL

(Fritzlar 1957–lives and works i.a. in Karlsruhe)
Untitled. 1993.
White chalk on black lacquer on wood.
Signed and dated on the reverse: St. Balkenhol 93.
145 x 100 cm.

CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)

Sold for CHF 1 875 (including buyer’s premium)
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STEPHAN BALKENHOL

Lot 3811* - A195 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 05 December 2020, 10.00 AM

STEPHAN BALKENHOL

(Fritzlar 1957–lives and works i.a. in Karlsruhe)
2 sheets: Kopf. Frau mit weisser Bluse. 2004.
Lot of two colour woodcuts. From an edition of 916 resp. 832. Signed in pencil lower right: Balkenhol. Inscribed in pencil on the reverse lower left: 315 C5 resp. C4, also inscirbed top left: Balkenhol Holzschnitt. 765507 resp. 765508. Image 58.4 × 45 cm resp. 66.5 × 48.5 cm on beige Somerset 76 × 56 cm (with the watermark). Published and printed by griffelkunst.

CHF 500 / 600 | (€ 520 / 620)

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STEPHAN BALKENHOL

Lot 6806 - ibid137 PostWar & Contemporary – online only - Wednesday 28 June 2023, 02.00 PM

STEPHAN BALKENHOL

(Fritzlar 1957–lives and works in Karlsruhe)
Untitled. 1989.
Ink on paper.
Signed and dated verso: Stephan Balkenhol 1989.
21 × 15 cm.

CHF 500 / 600 | (€ 520 / 620)

Sold for CHF 813 (including buyer’s premium)
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