Unrecognized Works | Willi Baumeister

Over the years, various works have been submitted to the Archiv Baumeister that to date have not been registered in any catalog raisonné in order to clarify their authorship. Among these are not only works by the artist but also paintings, drawings, and gouaches that cannot be ascribed to him. Some are works that have adopted his formal language or are even signed with his name, that is, genuine forgeries. Others have been submitted that lead us to believe that someone painted their own Baumeister, which therefore should be classified as a copy. Moreover, yet other works have emerged that are clearly signed with the name Baumeister, but whose formal language is a completely different one, so that they cannot be classified as a forgery or copy, but might derive from another artist with the same name.

On this page, compiled in an overview, are the works that were submitted in the original for an appraisal by various expert art historians and restorers in the Archiv Baumeister and definitively cannot be attributed to Willi Baumeister (1889-1955). Each of these unrecognized works is represented by an illustration, complemented by information about its measurements and techniques. In addition, the year in which the piece was presented to the Archiv Baumeister has been registered, and the country from which the inquiry was sent indicated.

There are currently seventy works known to the Archiv in circulation. This page will be regularly updated with newly received works.

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NOTE

If have you have a question about work that is to date unknown, please contact us and directly include a scan or photograph of the work. We will then get in touch with you and discuss how and when the work can reach the Archiv Baumeister. We require a period of around four to six weeks to make a statement about a work, of which we will inform you immediately.

The person submitting the work is responsible for all transportation and insurance costs. The appraisal is made free of charge. If the work is an original by Willi Baumeister, we will inform you of a postscript number for the corresponding catalogue raisonné.

If the work is not recognized, it will be published on this page, without any reference to the owner or location.