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THBUlfert Wilke Calligraphic Drawing
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LiveNov 12, 2024
Sheafer + King Modern is pleased to present our inaugural auction of Modern and Contemporary art and design. Highlights include furniture by Saarinen, Platner, Mies van der Rohe, photographs by Joel-Peter Witkin and Allen Ginsberg, art by the American artist Harry Hilson, signed Robert Indiana poster, as well as paintings, sculptures, art glass, studio pottery, and ceramics. Sheafer + King Modern auctions@sheaferking.com
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Calligraphic drawing by Ulfert Wilke (German-American 1907-1987). Marked with Wilke's stamp to the lower right.
Wilke studied art at Harvard University and completed his master's degree in Art at the University of Iowa where he later was the founding director of the University of Iowa Museum of Art. After serving in the US Army in WWII, Wilke received the Guggenheim Fellowship twice which offered him the opportunity to live in a monastery and study Japanese Zen calligraphy under monks in Kyoto, Japan. Wilke was awarded many honors and has had many solo exhibitions internationally and within the United States during his career. His works are held at many museums including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Honolulu Academy of Arts.
Measurements: 14.25" W x 14.25" H x 1" (frame); 6.5" x 6.5" (image).
In house shipping available.Condition
Good condition. Toning to paper. Not examined out of frame.
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