BERLIN.-This Spring, Villa Grisebach is going to auction off a large selection of important Masterworks of German Expressionism in its sale “Selected Works Of Art” on June 8, 2007. This exceptional auction features paintings that are of the highest quality and fresh to the market. On the height of the “Brücke-Movement” in 1913, when Ernst Ludwig Kirchner created his world famous “Berliner Strassenszene” (Berlin Street Scene), he also painted “Landschaft am Ufer (Fehmarn)” (Waterside Landscape) (Estimate EUR 1,800,000). In 1937, Emil Nolde created his breathtakingly modern “Abendhimmel und Meer” (Evening Sky And Ocean) (EUR 1,000,000) – the same year the National Socialists confiscated over 1,000 of his works from German museums. Nolde’s “Kleine Sonnenblumen” (Little Sunflowers) originate from 1946, and show a fascinating otherworldly portrait of a child in mysteriously shining colors (EUR 1,000,000). Further highlights include works by Brücke-Artists Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff and Max Pechstein (“Pommersche Bauern” / Pomeranian Peasants, 1924, EUR 250,000, and “Stillleben mit Obstschale” / Still Life with Fruit Bowl, around 1921, EUR 150,000).

Masters of the Bauhaus such as Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, and Georg Muche as well as the French-German avant-gardist Hans Arp will complete the eclectic selection of Modern Art with several extraordinary works. Klee’s “Küstenlandschaft mit 2 Aussichtsfelsen (Coastal Landscape with Two Outlook Rocks) from 1918 has been in the possession of the consigning family since 1920 (Estimate EUR 100,000). With “Shadow of Dissolution” from 1953, Lyonel Feininger had for the last time resorted to his motives from the time before his emigration from Germany (Estimate EUR 200,000). Arp’s painted relief “Ohne Titel (Fisch und Pflanzengestalt) (Untitled – Fish And Plant form), around 1917, is a recently discovered incunable from his early Dadaistic period, and will be offered for EUR 180,000.

The great Berlin lone wolf Karl Hofer will be honored with a special catalog consisting of twenty selected paintings and drawings from 1919 to 1954 (Estimates from EUR 3,000 to 140,000). These works are already on view at Villa Grisebach in Berlin.

Important works of the German Informel are on offer by Willi Baumeister, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, and Fritz Winter. After this section, Christo’s monumental mixed media for the legendary “Wrapped Reichstag” leads to art works selected by Villa Grisebach’s Contemporary art department featuring many well-known names: Alongside two abstract paintings by Gerhard Richter, there will also be a large-scale collage by Anselm Kiefer (EUR 70,000) as well as an important early work by Markus Lüpertz from 1967 (EUR 80,000). The contemporary section includes the latest names in Contemporary Art led by Eberhard Havekost’s painting “Beziehung 2” (Relationship 2), as well as works by Neo Rauch, Thomas Scheibitz, Francis Alys, and Peter Doig.

One day prior to the evening sale, on Thursday, June 7, 2007, more than 300 photographs will be auctioned off, including highlights by Edward Steichen, Irving Penn, and Walker Evans. On Saturday, June 9, 2007, Villa Grisebach’s day sale of “Art Of The 19th/20th century” will take place, as well as the “Third Floor – Estimates up to EUR 3,000” auction including paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, and sculptures ranging from the late 19th century to the present.

A total of 1,250 works of art will constitute a series of sales over three days, forming an estimated sales volume of over EUR 14.5 million. An exhibition at Villa Grisebach including all objects will be on view from June 2 to 6 - after the return of selected works from their stops in Munich (May 3 and 4), Dortmund (May 8 – 10), Zurich (May 15 – 17), Düsseldorf (May 22), and Hamburg (May 24 and 25).