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Franz Gertsch, Tabea, 1981, Acrylic on unprimed cotton© Kornfeld — view on Kornfeld website ↗

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Tabea

Franz Gertsch (Swiss, 1930–2022) · 1981

CHF 4,600,000 hammer

≈ $5,767,020≈ £4,258,618≈ €4,921,505

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Medium
Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →
As published: “Acrylic on unprimed cotton”
Category
Acrylic paintings
Dimensions
257 x 391 cm
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 286: 100 Selected Works of Art - Live Auction (286)
Date
September 12, 2025
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
130
Estimate
CHF 3,300,000 – — (≈ $4,137,210) (≈ £3,055,095) (≈ €3,530,645)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (4)
  • M. Knoedler Gallery, Zurich
  • Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, acquired there by
  • Collection Neil Weisman, New York
  • Private collection, New York
Exhibitions (2)
  • New York 1981, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, Franz Gertsch - Major Works
  • Vienna/Basel 1986, Museum Moderner Kunst/Kunsthalle Basel, Franz Gertsch
Literature (8)
  • Catalogue raisonné: Listed in the catalogue raisonné of the Franz Gertsch Archive under the number WV00049
  • Jean-Luc Daval, La Photographie. Histoire d’un Art, Paris 1982, p. 227
  • Dieter Ronte, Franz Gertsch, Bern 1986, mit Werkkatalog der Gemälde ab 1969, p. 133
  • Louis K. Meisel, Photorealism since 1980, New York 1993, p. 222
  • Angelika Affentranger-Kirchrath, Franz Gertsch, Die Magie des Realen, Bern 2004, p. 113/115
  • Reinhard Spieler unter Mitarbeit von Samuel Vitali, Franz Gertsch Retrospektive, Ostfildern-Ruit 2005, cat. no. 49, p. 254
  • Rainer Michael Mason, Franz Gertsch. Werkbuch 1934-2022, Rüschegg 2023, cat. no. 89
  • Kathleen Bühler, Arcane Beauty, in: Pol Erik Tøjner, Kirsten Degel, Drik Luckow u.A., Franz Gertsch. Blow-Up, Ausstellungskatalog zur Ausstellung im Louisiana Humlebæk und in den Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Humlebæk 2024, p. 66ff.

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