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Brigitte Meier-Denninghoff

1923 – Berlin – 2011

”Engel”. 1958

Brass and tin, mounted on black painted wooden base. Dimensions with base: 137 × 30 × 30 cm (53 ⅞ × 11 ¾ × 11 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Brigitte Meier-Denninghoff. ”Engel”. 1958.

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This picture shows the following artwork: Brigitte Meier-Denninghoff. ”Engel”. 1958.
This picture shows the following artwork: Brigitte Meier-Denninghoff. ”Engel”. 1958.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Brigitte Meier-Denninghoff. ”Engel”. 1958.
This picture shows the following artwork: Brigitte Meier-Denninghoff. ”Engel”. 1958.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Brigitte Meier-Denninghoff. ”Engel”. 1958.

Estimate:

EUR 30,000

 

- 40,000

USD 35,300

 

- 47,100

Sold for:

38,100 EUR (incl. premium)

Auction 371

Thursday, November 27th 2025, 6:00 PM

Information

Brass and tin, mounted on black painted wooden base. Dimensions with base: 137 × 30 × 30 cm (53 ⅞ × 11 ¾ × 11 ¾ in.). Signed, titled and dated at underside of the base with India ink in black: B. Meier-Denninghoff „Engel“ 1958. There too a label of the exhibition Kassel 1959 (see below). Catalogue raisonné: Schwarz 48. Unique work. [3071]

Moderne Galerie Otto Stangl, Munich / Private Collection, Northern Germany (acquired 1997 at Grisebach, Berlin)

Brigitte Meier-Denninghoff. Munich, Galerie Otto Stangl, 1958, cat. no. 6, ill. 6 / II. documenta ’59. Kunst nach 1945. Internationale Ausstellung. Kassel, Orangerie, 1959, cat. no. 1, ill. p. 132 / Matschinsky-Denninghoff. Skulpturen und Zeichnungen 1955–1985. Berlin, Akademie der Künste; Saarbrücken, Moderne Galerie Saarland-Museum; Nürnberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, 1985 cat. no. 13, ill. p. 84/85 / Kunst in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1945–1985. Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, 1985, cat. no. 173, ill. p. 135

Michel Seuphor: Die Plastik unseres Jahrhunderts. Wörterbuch der modernen Plastik. Cologne, Verlag M. DuMont Schauberg, 1959, ill. p. 164 / Manfred de la Motte (ed.): Martin und Brigitte Matschinsky-Denninghoff. Dokumentation 26. Bonn, Galerie Hennemann, 1980, ill. n.p. (1958) / Auction 59: Ausgewählte Werke. Villa Grisebach, Berlin, 1997, cat. no. 86, w. ill.

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