Lot 143
  • 143

Wols

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Wols
  • Fou aux cheveux flottants
  • signed
  • gouache, watercolour, pen and Indian ink on paper
  • 23.6 by 16.7cm.; 9 1/4 by 6 5/8 in.
  • Executed circa 1942-43.

Provenance

Gréty Wols, Paris
Galerie Parnass-Jährling, Wuppertal
Acquired directly from the above by the present owners in 1956

Exhibited

Hengelo, Hengelose Kunstzaal, Gestalten, 1961, no. 10, illustrated
Venice, Palazzo Grassi (Centro Internazionale delle Arti e del Costume), Arte e Contemplazione, 1961, no. 56, illustrated 
Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum; Haarlem, Frans Hals Museum, Oog in oog met hans en alice de jong, 1970, no. 22
Lyngby, Sophienholm, International Billedkunst; Alice og Hans de Jong's Samling, 1971, no. 97
Zürich, Kunsthaus; Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Wols: Bilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Photographien, Druckgrafik, 1989-90, p. 211, no. 163, illustrated in colour 

Literature

Gerhard Händler, Deutsche Maler der Gegenwart, Die Kunst unserer Zeit, Vol. II, Berlin 1956, p. 178, illustrated
Shigeo Chiba, L'oeuvre de Wols, Thèse pour le doctorat d'Université de Paris, Paris 1974, p. 174