Phantom mit roter Figur, 1951

Blatt: 645 x 759 mm
Darstellung: 447 x 600 mm

Physical Description: Colour screen print in white, two shades of green, yellow, three shades of red, blue, purple, brown, olive, beige, and black over light grey ground on wove paper

Inventory Number: 67988

Object Number: 67988 D

Acquisition: Acquired in 2019 as a bequest from Ulrike Crespo from the Karl Ströher Collection

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

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About the Acquisition

The Städel Museum has the photographer, psychotherapist, philanthropist, and long-time Frankfurt resident Ulrike Crespo (1950–2019) to thank for more than ninety works ranging from classical modernism to American pop art. The paintings, drawings, and prints by Wassily Kandinsky, Otto Dix, Oskar Schlemmer, Max Ernst, Jean Dubuffet, Cy Twombly, and others originally belonged to the holdings of her grandfather, the Darmstadt-based industrialist Karl Ströher (1890–1977), who amassed an extensive art collection after World War II.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Phantom mit roter Figur (Original Title)

Title Translation: Phantom (II)

Artist

Willi Baumeister

Publisher

Art publishing house Fingerle & Co.

Edition: Künstlerdruck K12 vor der Auflage von 100 Ex.

Period Produced

20th century

Object Type

art print

Physical Description: Colour screen print in white, two shades of green, yellow, three shades of red, blue, purple, brown, olive, beige, and black over light grey ground on wove paper

Material

vellum paper

Technique

silkscreen print

Geographic Reference

German

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Signiert unten rechts auf dem grauen Grund (mit Bleistift): Baumeister; nummeriert unterhalb der Darstellung links: K12

Captions Added Later: Betitelt unten links (mit Bleistift): Phantom in roter Form
Verso nummeriert mittig (mit Bleistift): M 62481; unten links: 17639/42

Watermark: Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues: Spielmann 2005 179
Spielmann 1972 10

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Research and Discussion

Provenance

Object History: ...

Karl Ströher (1890-1977), Darmstadt

Nachlass Karl Ströher, 1977

an seine Enkelin Ulrike Crespo (1950-2019), Frankfurt am Main

Vermächtnis an das Städelsche Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 2019.

Information

Since 2001, the Städel Museum has systematically been researching the provenance of all objects that were acquired during the National Socialist period, or that changed owners or could have changed owners during those years. The basis for this research is the “Washington Declaration”, also known as the “Washington Conference Principles”, formulated at the 1998 “Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets” and the subsequent “Joint Declaration”.

The provenance information is based on the sources researched at the time they were published digitally. However, this information can change at any time when new sources are discovered. Provenance research is therefore a continuous process and one that is updated at regular intervals.

Ideally, the provenance information documents an object’s origins from the time it was created until the date when it found its way into the collection. It contains the following details, provided they are known: