Ella Bergmann-Michel Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Ella Bergmann-Michel Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 08, 2023
Ella Bergmann-Michel (1895 Paderborn - Neustadt/Schwarzwald 1971) – „Fischlein rot, Fischlein rot, stech dich tot“ („Fischlein rot, Fischlein rot, stech dich tot“)
Est: €10,000 - €15,000
Indian ink, red ink, gouache, watercolour, gold paint, pencil and collage in various papers on brown wrapping paper. (19)18. Ca. 50 x 41 cm. Signed and dated lower left (vertical) and monogrammed and dated lower right.
Karl & Faber
Dec. 02, 2023
Ella Bergmann-Michel, Wasserstände, 1932
Est: €10,000 - €12,000
Signed and dated 'E.BERGMANN 32' in pen and ink lower right within the image. Stamped ''Heimatmuseum of Modern Art' SCHMELZ GERMANY near 6239" verso.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Dec. 02, 2023
Ella Bergmann-Michel, Pegel-Punkt und Pünktchen, I, 1932
Est: €12,000 - €15,000
Monogrammed and numbered 'E.B. 309/32' in India ink lower right. Verso inscribed "Ella Bergmann: 1932 "PEGEL-PUNKT & PÜNKTCHEN, I" 63,0 x 61,0 cm HÖHE VOR BREITE - HAMMER-Pap.+Bl: KOHI-NOOR + TUSCHE, gespritzt + Deckweiss, gelocht. Canvas-MONTAGE. Mit dem Stempel "Heimatmuseum of Modern Art SCHMELZ near 6239 GERMANY" by Robert Michel with red and black India ink.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Jun. 13, 2023
Ella Bergmann-Michel, Basler Sunden-fall
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Ella Bergmann-Michel Basler Sunden-fall 1962 paper collage with gouache, ink and foil on cardboard 12.5 h x 10.75 w in (32 x 27 cm) Signed, titled, and dated to verso 'Ella Bergmann 1962 Basler Sunden-fall'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 06, 2023
Ella Bergmann-Michel, Untitled (later titled "La rue abstrait"), 1931
Est: €18,000 - €20,000
Monogrammed and dated 'EB 31' in India ink lower left and inscribed on verso, presumably by Robert Michel in black and red ink "Ella Bergmann : 1931. "La rue abstraite". KOH-I-NOOR und TUSCHE auf Hammerpapier. Hö 48,0 x Br 49,5, in cm inclusive Dämmplatten-Montage." Droit de suite does not apply to this work. Ella Bergmann and Robert Michel met in 1917 at the art school in Weimar, which would merge in 1919 and go down in history as the Bauhaus. After a brief guest appearance, both artists left the Bauhaus, whose rules seemed too stifling for them; they moved to the Taunus area, where they set up their studios in the former smeltmill that was part of the Michel family’s paint manufacturing business. The “Schmelz” soon became a meeting place for avant-garde artists: they welcomed guests including Kurt Schwitters, El Lissitzky, Moholy-Nagy and Willi Baumeister, among others. Whereas, in the 1920s, Ella Bergmann-Michel was artistically primarily interested in optical phenomena, such as the refraction of light, her works of the 1930s resemble one another in their formal techniques and motifs: organic forms are set in relation to one another and juxtaposed with geometrical planes – bounded by lines in parallel- or cross-hatching and stippling. While her husband dealt with mechanical forms of functionality, Ella apparently continued to focus her attention on phenomena from the natural sciences. Looking at the organ-like forms she arrived at during this period, we automatically think of the view through a microscope: the view that also reveals the smallest living organisms – be it plasma or plankton – to our eye. Our work on paper stands at the beginning of this phase in her oeuvre. It is characterised by an extremely harmonious relationship between “soft” and “hard” forms which, in spite of their planar quality, also permit a three-dimensional reading.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Dec. 03, 2022
Ella Bergmann-Michel, The lection of light, 1923
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
Signed, dated and inscribed 'ELLA BERGMANN 23 B 174' in ink lower right. Additionally signed, dated and titled '"the lection of light"' to frame card verso together with detailed technical information and with round stamp "Heimatmuseum of Modern Art SCHMELZ near 6239 GERMANY".
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
May. 24, 2022
Ella Bergmann-Michel, Archimedes eins (Archimedes I)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Ella Bergmann-Michel Archimedes eins (Archimedes I) 1928 ink and gouache on paper laid to board 20 h × 21.25 w in (51 × 54 cm) Signed and dated to lower right 'EB b259 E. Bergmann / 1928'. Provenance: Zabriskie Gallery, New York | Acquired from the previous in 1984 by the present owner, Private Collection, Texas Exhibited: Ella Bergmann, 7 February - 17 March 1984, Zabriskie Gallery, New York Literature: Ella Bergmann, Zabriskie Gallery exhibition catalog, no. 13 The New York Times, 24 February 1984, "Art: Ella Bergmann On Her Own at Last", Glueck, sec. C, pg. 20 This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
May. 24, 2022
Ella Bergmann-Michel, B 188
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
Ella Bergmann-Michel B 188 1925 graphite, red and black ink on paper sheet: 23.625 h × 19 w in (60 × 48 cm) backing: 27.5 h × 23.5 w in (70 × 60 cm) Signed and titled to lower edge 'B 188 Ella Bergmann'. Dated to verso '1925'. Provenance: Zabriskie Gallery, New York | Acquired from the previous in 1983 by the present owner, Private Collection, Texas This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Sep. 21, 2021
ELLA BERGMANN-MICHEL (1896-1972) Film von Sündenfall zu Basel.
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
ELLA BERGMANN-MICHEL (1896-1972) Film von Sündenfall zu Basel. Pen and ink with colored pencil on Japan paper laid down on canvas with acrylic ground. 155x130 mm; 6 1/4x5 inches. Initialed and dated in ink, lower right recto and inscribed in ink and with the artist's "Heimatmuseum of Modern Art" ink stamp on the frame back. 1962. Provenance: Artist's estate, from the artist's daughter, Ella Rautenberg. Born in Paderborn, Germany, Bergmann-Michel was an early espouser of Constructivism. She started making collages by 1915 and from 1917-20 studied at the Weimar Hochschule für Bildenden Kunste under the German painter Walther Klemm (1893-1957). Throughout her career, she introduced innovations to the collage medium, including incorporating poetry and being among the first artists to utilize photography. Together with her husband, Robert Michel (1897-1983), she became known as a pioneer of using photographs in collage. In 1920, the couple moved to Vockenhausen, near Frankfurt, Germany, where she continued her work in photo-collages and ink drawings in the Constructivist style, however, during World War II her artistic output waned until the political climate was safer for her to continue to make and promote abstract art.
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 21, 2021
ELLA BERGMANN-MICHEL (1896-1972) Fadencollage–Studie II.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
ELLA BERGMANN-MICHEL (1896-1972) Fadencollage–Studie II. Leather, vinyl, paper and thread collage on plywood sheet. 320x407 mm; 12 1/2x16 inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower right recto and inscribed in ink with the artist's "Heimatmuseum of Modern Art" ink stamp on the frame back. 1965. Provenance: Artist's estate, from the artist's daughter, Ella Rautenberg. Exhibited: "Paintings and Prints: Ella Bergmann-Michel and Robert Michel," Galouste Gulbenkian Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, April 24-May 8, 1967, number 13; "Ella Bergmann-Michel / Robert Michel Retrospective 1917-1966," Annely Juda Fine Art, London, May 10-June 30, 1972, number 17; "Ella Bergmann-Michel & Robert Michel," Galerie Bargera, Köln, September-November 1974, number 30. Born in Paderborn, Germany, Bergmann-Michel was an early espouser of Constructivism. She started making collages by 1915 and from 1917-20 studied at the Weimar Hochschule für Bildenden Kunste under the German painter Walther Klemm (1893-1957). Throughout her career, she introduced innovations to the collage medium, including incorporating poetry and being among the first artists to utilize photography. Together with her husband, Robert Michel (1897-1983), she became known as a pioneer of using photographs in collage. In 1920, the couple moved to Vockenhausen, near Frankfurt, Germany, where she continued her work in photo-collages and ink drawings in the Constructivist style, however, during World War II her artistic output waned until the political climate was safer for her to continue to make and promote abstract art.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jul. 10, 2020
Ella Bergmann-Michel - Untitled
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Ella Bergmann-Michel Untitled Pen and India ink and pencil on paper, laid down on cardboard and firmly mounted under mat Inscribed, signed and dated at the bottom: OB 187 ELLA BERGMANN 26 21 1/8 × 16 3/4 in.
Grisebach
Jun. 19, 2019
Ella Bergmann-Michel
Est: CHF2,000 - CHF3,000
Ohne Titel RefMod11619
Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer
Apr. 11, 2019
ELLA BERGMANN-MICHEL - Den Flüchtlingen Europa's gewidmet
Est: £2,500 - £3,500
ELLA BERGMANN-MICHEL - Den Flüchtlingen Europa's gewidmet ♠
Phillips
Sep. 26, 2017
ELLA BERGMANN-MICHEL | Weiss, schlägt mein Herz (White, Beats My Heart)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
gouache, pen, ink and graphite on paper with original mount
Sotheby's
Sep. 26, 2017
ELLA BERGMANN-MICHEL | Spektralfall: B234
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
gouache, watercolor, pen, ink, wax pencil and collage on paper with original mount
Sotheby's
Jun. 30, 2016
Ella Bergmann-Michel, 1895 Paderborn – 1971 Vockenhausen
Est: €450 - €550
Ella Bergmann-Michel, 1895 Paderborn – 1971 Vockenhausen OHNE TITEL Aquarell auf Papier. Sichtmaß: 52,5 x 47 cm. Rechts unten signiert und datiert „1941/42“. Hinter Glas gerahmt. Papier leicht gebräunt. Gerahmt beschrieben. (10400299) (12)
Hampel Fine Art Auctions
Jun. 04, 2016
Ella Bergmann-Michel, „Mein Herzquadrat: rot“
Est: €2,500 - €3,000
Ella Bergmann-Michel, „Mein Herzquadrat: rot“, Monogrammed and dated lower left: E.B. 34. Inscribed on the reverse on the frame: Ella Bergmann 1934..."mein Herzquadrat: rot"...Hoch 50,0 x breit 46,5cm. Hammer-Papier + Koh-I-Noor + Tusche und Deckweiss, Schr. Leinen, montiert, Coloured pencil, pencil, India ink, opaque white on paper, in artist's frame, 17 1/2 × 16 1/8 in.
Grisebach
Jun. 04, 2016
Ella Bergmann-Michel, „Diagnostik-striche, zwei“
Est: €2,500 - €3,000
Ella Bergmann-Michel, „Diagnostik-striche, zwei“, Signed, dated and inscribed lower right: E. Bergmann 28. b 260. Inscribed on the reverse on the frame: Ella Bergmann. 1929 "Diagnostik-striche, zwei" hoch 41,5 x 58,0cm breit. Hammercarton: gespritzte Tusche + Deckweiss, Schreibleinen montiert, India ink, opaque white and coloured pencil on paper, in artist's frame, 16 3/8 × 22 7/8 in.
Grisebach
Jun. 03, 2016
Ella Bergmann-Michel, Komposition B 149, 1923
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Signed and dated 'ELLA BERGMANN 23' in India ink lower right and inscribed 'B 149' left.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Jun. 03, 2016
Ella Bergmann-Michel, Untitled, 1918
Est: €6,000 - €7,000
Monogrammed and dated 'E.B. 18.' within the composition lower right. Stamped with the so-called "Weimarer Signet" in red lower right.Ella Bergmann also used the stamp designed by Robert Michel in the early works of her Weimar period. She met Robert Michel in Weimar in 1917. He lived on the ground floor of the house opposite, she lived „three floors up“. „This inspired his Weimar signet, a small, red stair of three steps with a circle at the top“. (Claudia Reising-Pohl, in: exhib. cat. Hanover 1988, op. cit., p. 12)
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Jun. 03, 2016
Ella Bergmann-Michel, „o.B. 202“
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
Ella Bergmann-Michel, „o.B. 202“, Titled, monogrammed and titled lower right: o.B. 202 E.B. 24, Collage (two-sided), pen and India ink, pencil and opaque white on transparent paper, 23 3/8 × 18 1/2 in.
Grisebach
Apr. 08, 2016
Ella Bergmann-Michel, 1895 Paderborn - 1971 Vockenhausen
Est: -
OHNE TITEL Aquarell auf Papier. Sichtmaß: 52,5 x 47 cm. Rechts unten signiert und datiert „1941/42“. Hinter Glas gerahmt. Papier leicht gebräunt. Gerahmt beschrieben. (10400299) (12)
Hampel Fine Art Auctions
Nov. 25, 2015
BERGMANN-MICHEL, ELLA 1896 Paderborn - 1971 Vockenhausen/Taunus Komposition b 265. 1928. Bleistift und Tusche auf SCHOELLERSHAMMER (Trockenstempel). Gerahmt. Ca. 54 x 49,5cm. Signiert, bezeichnet und datiert unten rechts: Ella Bergmann b265 1928. Kastenrahmen. Im Rahmen beschrieben. Zu dieser Arbeit liegt eine Fotoexpertise vom Heimatmuseum of Modern Art, Schmelz, vor. Provenienz: Galerie Gmurzynska, Köln. Ausstellungen: Galerie Gmurzynska, Köln 1971/72, Kat.-Nr. 23b, o. Abb.; Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach 1971/72, Kat.-Nr. 22 mit s/w Abb. (Komposition b 265 (with a circle), 32 x 31cm).
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
BERGMANN-MICHEL, ELLA 1896 Paderborn - 1971 Vockenhausen/Taunus Komposition b 265. 1928. Bleistift und Tusche auf SCHOELLERSHAMMER (Trockenstempel). Gerahmt. Ca. 54 x 49,5cm. Signiert, bezeichnet und datiert unten rechts: Ella Bergmann b265 1928. Kastenrahmen. Im Rahmen beschrieben. Zu dieser Arbeit liegt eine Fotoexpertise vom Heimatmuseum of Modern Art, Schmelz, vor. Provenienz: Galerie Gmurzynska, Köln. Ausstellungen: Galerie Gmurzynska, Köln 1971/72, Kat.-Nr. 23b, o. Abb.; Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach 1971/72, Kat.-Nr. 22 mit s/w Abb. (Komposition b 265 (with a circle), 32 x 31cm).
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
Feb. 24, 2009
Ella Bergmann-Michel (1896-1971) Untitled Ink
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Ella Bergmann-Michel (1896-1971) Untitled Ink Signed, dated '22 and inscribed 'oB 134' lower right 32cm x 45cm Exhibited: Annely Juda Fine Art, London, The Russian Show- A commemoration, August - December 1983, No. 88 illustrated page 155; Annely Juda Fine Art, London, Ella Bergmann-Michel Collages and Drawings 1917-1931, May - July 1884, No. 12 Literature: Herta Wescher, Die Collage, Koeln, 1968
Dreweatts 1759
Nov. 30, 2007
Bergmann-Michel, Ella 1896 Paderborn - 1971 Vockenhausen/Taunus OB 169 (Prismatic).
Est: - €4,500
1923. Inkdrawing, pencil and opaque white on paper collage. Passepartout cutout 48,3 x 39cm; Cardboard 68 x 58,5cm. Denoted, signed and dated bottom right: OB 169, ELLA BERGMANN 1923. Framed. Presumably furnished by Robert Michel with a passepartout of "elefant skin". The verso is inscribed by him: "Ella Bergmann, 1923 - 'Prismatik' affixed detail sheet, ink and pencil Hö= 68,0 x Br= 59,0 in CM gemessen, einschl. Passepartout- und Dämmplatten-Montage'; as well as '(oB 169 ist analog B 166, abgebildet in 'Die Frau als Künstlerin' von Hans Hildebrand - Moses-Verlag-Berlin - 1928'. Furthermore handwritten notes: '1963: 9 Ver-Nr.: Leverkusen' and 'Liborius: 1970/6' as well as the stamp: 'Heimatmuseum of Modern Art', Schmelz near 6239 Germany". Provenance: Robert Michel
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
May. 20, 2004
BERGMANN-MICHEL, ELLA (1896-1971)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Child and fence shadows. Silver print, 3 1/2x2 1/4 inches (8.9x5.7 cm.), with Bergmann-Michel's hand stamp on mount verso. Circa 1920
Swann Auction Galleries