WALTER DEXEL | Ohne Titel (Untitled)

Galerie Stolz, Berlin
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne
Private Collection, Hamburg (acquired from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge. The sheet is time-stained and there are artist pinholes to all four corners. There are tiny spots of paper loss to the extreme lower two corners, not visible when framed. There are minor handling marks in places. This work is in overall good condition.
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We would like to thank Dr. Ruth Wöbkemeier, Bremen, for her assistance in the cataloguing of this lot.