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Wols

Berlin 1913 – 1951 Paris

"La lanterne". Circa 1940/41

Watercolour and pen and India ink on watercolour paper. 32 × 24,4 cm (12 ⅝ × 9 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Wols.

Estimate:

EUR 25,000

 

- 35,000

USD 27,500

 

- 38,500

Sold for:

27,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn 2019

Modern Art & A Rhenish Private Collection, Friday, 29.11.2019

Information

Watercolour and pen and India ink on watercolour paper. 32 × 24,4 cm (12 ⅝ × 9 ⅝ in.). Signed lower right: WOLS. Inscribed on the reverse with pen and India ink: IL EST EXIGÉ UN CLICHÉ (NEGATIF) DE CHAQUE DESSIN VENDU. With labels from the exhibitions Geneva 1971 and Geneva 1973 (see below) on the cardboard backing. Catalogue raisonné: Gutbrod A 253. Accompanied by a certificate from Dr. Ewald Rathke, Frankfurt a. M., dated September 4th, 2019. Somewhat faded. Framed

Gréty Wols, Paris / Galerie Bonnier, Geneva / Michel Couturier, Paris / Private Collection, Southern Germany

Wols. Gouaches et aquarelles surréalistes. Geneva, Galerie Bonnier, and Stockholm, Svensk-franska konstgalleriet, 1971/72, cat. no. 22, ill. / Art du 20e siècle – Collections Genevoises. Geneva, Musée Rath and Cabinet des Estampes, 1973, cat. no. 187

Shigeo Chiba: L’œuvre de Wols. Sorbonne (Paris I), Thèse d’université, 1974, p. 153

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