Karl Kunz's boxing match appears in Frankfurt auction

Among the million-plus visitors to the notorious 'Die Ausstellung Entartete Kunst' organised by the Nazis in 1937 was the painter Karl Kunz (1905-71). He was not there to be disgusted by the excesses of the “modern degenerates”, as was the official intention, but rather to be inspired by the work of his fellow painters.

He was born in Augsburg, but was mostly active in Berlin, until he too had been classed as “degene…

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