MAURER, DORA
1937 Budapest
Title: "Gemini 8".
Subtitle: Spherical mirror images, add. and subtr. Kev. - No. 407 Yellow Shield. 2-part work.
Date: 2000/04.
Acrylic on canvas. Laid down on plywood panel. Element A: 122 x 74cm, element B: 101 x
75cm; installation measurements: ø 156cm. Each signed, dated, titled, numbered and
inscribed on the verso: maurer 2000/2004 GEMINI 8/A(resp. B) No. 407 "yellow shield". Here
additionally inscribed with information on hanging.
Provenance:
- Private collection Austria (acquired directly from the artist)
Exhibitions:
- Galeria Mesta Pilsen, 2004
- Pushkin Museum, Moscow 2005
Literature:
- Ludwig Museum (ed.): maurer dóra, Budapest 2008, work no. 407, p. 301, ill.
- Nolde's mystical experience of nature is particularly well expressed in his luminous marshland landscapes
- Closed provenance
- His virtuoso watercolour painting and skilful use of colour make his works unmistakable.