ID 1380183
Lot 109 | WOLFGANG PAALEN (1905-1959)
Estimate value
£ 200 000 – 300 000
La roue de l'orage
signed and dated ‘Paalen 36’ (on the reverse)
oil and tempera on canvas
76 ½ x 51 in. (194.3 x 129.5 cm.)
Painted in 1936
Provenance
Gordon Onslow Ford, California, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Gordon Onslow Ford Trust, California, by descent from the above in November 2003.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2004.
Literature
G. Regler, Wolfgang Paalen, New York, 1946, p. 22 (illustrated).
Exh. cat., Wolfgang Paalen: zwischen Surrealismus und Abstraktion, Vienna, 1993, pp. 59 & 62 (illustrated p. 59).
Exh. cat., Wolfgang Paalen: Retrospectiva, Mexico, 1994, p. 63 (illustrated).
A. Neufert, Wolfgang Paalen, Im Inneren des Wals, Monografie – Schriften – Œuvrekatalog, Vienna, 1999, no. 35.02, p. 86 (illustrated; dated '1935').
A. Neufert, Paalen, Life and Work, vol. I, Forbidden Land: The Early and Crucial Years, 1905-1939, Norderstedt, 2022, pp. 237 & 244.
Exhibited
San Francisco, Gallery Wendi Norris, Science in Surrealism, May - August 2015, pp. 44 & 45.
Vancouver, Art Gallery, I Had an Interesting French Artist to See Me This Summer: Emily Carr and Wolfgang Paalen in British Columbia, July - November 2016, p. 1.
| Artist: | Wolfgang Paalen (1905 - 1959) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Wolfgang Paalen (1905 - 1959) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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