Walter Wellenstein - photo 1

Walter Wellenstein

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€ 1 400
Auction dateClassic
04.12.2021 11:00UTC +02:00
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Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden GmbH
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Germany, Ahlden(Aller)
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ID 669473
Lot 2013 | Walter Wellenstein
(1898 Dortmund - 1970 Berlin) "Berlin 1953 - Masken vor roter Mauer". Originaltitel Das querformatige Gemälde zeigt einen etwas trostlosen Blick über eine Mauer auf eine geöffnete Berliner Mietskaserne, deren Hinterhöfe, Seitenflügel und Gewerbebetriebe wie bei einem Querschnitt den Blick freigeben, der sonst üblicherweise wegen der Blockrandbebauung so nicht möglich wäre. Vermutlich im Krieg zerstört, wurde nur eine lange rote Schutzmauer hochgezogen, die in Anbetracht der Teilung Berlins in einen Ost- und Westsektor den Mauerbau vorausahnt. Die maskierten, manieriert dicht vor der roten Mauer stolzierenden bunten Harlekine sind gewiss als eine politische Anspielung zu verstehen. Von dem Maler Otto Nagel stammt der Satz über Wellensteins Malerei: "Indem Wellenstein die Menschen maskiert, zeichnet er ihr wahres Leben" (1948). R. u. sign. und dat. 1953, verso betitelt. Öl auf Hartfaserplatte, 70 cm × 90 cm. Rahmen. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1953.
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