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WALTER DEXEL (1890-1973)

Lot 515
29.06.2022 13:00UTC +00:00
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ID 792544
Lot 515 | WALTER DEXEL (1890-1973)
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WALTER DEXEL (1890-1973)

Rote Maschine XII

signed and dated 'W DEXEL 22' (lower left); signed, dated and inscribed ''VORSICHT! GLASBILD! ZERBRECHLICH! WALTER DEXEL 1922 XII ROTE MASCHINE' (on the reverse)

oil on glass in the artist's frame

10 7⁄8 x 9 1⁄4 in. (27.5 x 23.5 cm.)

Painted in 1922





Provenance

Private collection, North Germany, by whom probably acquired directly from the artist, by 1961.



Literature

W. Hofmann, Der Maler Walter Dexel, Kunst und Uwelt, vol. IV, Stanberg, 1972, p. 15 (illustrated p. 32).

R. Wöbkemeier, Walter Dexel, Werkverzeichnis: Gemälde, Hinterglasbilder, Gouachen, Aquarelle, Collagen, Ölstudien, Entwürfe zu Bühnenbildern, Heidelberg, 1995, no. 193, p. 205 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Berlin, Nationalgalerie in der Orangerie des Schlosses Charlottenburg, Der Sturm, Herwarth Walden und die Europäische Avantgarde Berlin 1912-1932, September - November 1961, no. 155, p. 76 (illustrated p. 77).

Mainz, Gutenberg Museum, Hinterglasmalerei im XX. Jahrhundert, November - December 1962, no. 15.

Braunschweig, Städtischen Museum, Walter Dexel, Gema¨lde, Hinterglasbilder, Aquarelle, Collagen, 1912 bis 1932, February - March 1962, no. 62; this exhibition later travelled to Munich, Städtische Galerie und Lenbachgalerie, May - June 1962; Wiesbaden, Städtisches Museum, June - August 1962; Oldenburg, Kunstverein, October - November 1962; Dortmund, Museum am Ostwall, March 1963, and Vienna, Museum des XX. Jahrhunderts, September - November 1962.

Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Walter Dexel, January - March 1974, no. 221 (illustrated p. 56; with incorrect dimensions).

Munster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Walter Dexe,l Bilder, Aquarelle, Collagen, Leuchtreklame, Typografie, May - July 1979, no. 127, p. 173 (illustrated p. 46); this exhibition later travelled to Ulm, Ulmer Museum, August - September 1979.

Bremen, Kunsthalle, Walter Dexel, Bild Zeichen Raum. Retrospektive. Ausstellung zum 100. Geburtstag, November 1990 - January 1991, no. 31, p. 175; this exhibition later travelled to Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum, February - March 1991; Berlin, Bauhaux Archiv, April - June 1991; Wolfsburg, Kunstverein, June - July 1991; and Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, August - September 1991.



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