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WOLS (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze)

Lot 179
Masque rouge, 1940
Watercolour and India ink

12.4 x 9.4 in (31.5 x 24.0 cm)

Lot 179
Masque rouge, 1940
Watercolour and India ink
12.4 x 9.4 in (31.5 x 24.0 cm)

Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000
Auction: 13 days

Van Ham Kunstauktionen

City: Cologne
Auction: Nov 27, 2024
Auction number: A525
Auction name: Modern, Post War & Contemporary, Evening Sale

Lot Details
WOLS (ALFRED OTTO WOLFGANG SCHULZE)1913 Berlin - 1951 Paris


Title: Masque rouge.
Date: 1940.
Technique: Watercolour and India ink on vellum.
Measurement: 31,5 x 24cm.
Notation: Signed lower right: WOLS.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Not examined out of the frame.


This work is accompanied by a certificate from Dr Ewald Rathke, Frankfurt am Main, dated 26 April 2023.

Provenance:
- Michel Couturier, Paris
- Louise Parsons, Palm Beach
- Christie's, London, 1st July 2010, lot 217
- Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 374th auction, 4th December 2010, lot 43
- Private collection Germany

Literature:
- Chiba, Shigeo: L'Oeuvre de Wols, University of Paris I, Paris 1974, p. 165
- Gutbrod, Philipp: Wols. Die Arbeiten auf Papier (catalogue raisonné), dissertation Heidelberg University, Heidelberg 2003, cat. rais. no. A 154, ill.


- Work of outstanding quality from a long-standing private collection
- Exciting composition with a stimulating surreal scenery
- Outstanding poetic unicum.
Lot Details
WOLS (ALFRED OTTO WOLFGANG SCHULZE)1913 Berlin - 1951 Paris


Title: Masque rouge.
Date: 1940.
Technique: Watercolour and India ink on vellum.
Measurement: 31,5 x 24cm.
Notation: Signed lower right: WOLS.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Not examined out of the frame.


This work is accompanied by a certificate from Dr Ewald Rathke, Frankfurt am Main, dated 26 April 2023.

Provenance:
- Michel Couturier, Paris
- Louise Parsons, Palm Beach
- Christie's, London, 1st July 2010, lot 217
- Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 374th auction, 4th December 2010, lot 43
- Private collection Germany

Literature:
- Chiba, Shigeo: L'Oeuvre de Wols, University of Paris I, Paris 1974, p. 165
- Gutbrod, Philipp: Wols. Die Arbeiten auf Papier (catalogue raisonné), dissertation Heidelberg University, Heidelberg 2003, cat. rais. no. A 154, ill.


- Work of outstanding quality from a long-standing private collection
- Exciting composition with a stimulating surreal scenery
- Outstanding poetic unicum.

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