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Wolfgang Paalen (1905-1959)

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30.03.2022 17:00UTC +02:00
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ID 734307
Lot 30 | Wolfgang Paalen (1905-1959)
Wolfgang Paalen (1905-1959)

Le Scarabée d'or

signé des initiales et daté 'WP 53' (en bas à droite)

huile et suie sur toile

81 x 60 cm.

Peint en 1953



signed with the initials and dated 'WP 53' (lower right)

oil and soot on canvas

31 7⁄8 x 23 5⁄8 in.

Painted in 1953







Provenance

Geo Dupin, Paris.

Inna et Boris Salomon, Paris (acquis auprès de celle-ci en 1963).

Puis par descendance.





Literature

J. Pierre, Domaine de Paalen, Paris, 1970, no. 20 (illustré).

Wolfgang Paalen, Zwischen Surrealismus und Abstraktion, cat. exp., Museum Moderner Kubst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienne, 1993, p. 212 (illustré in situ).

A. Neufert, Wolfgang Paalen, Im Inneren des Wals, Monografie-Schriften-Œuvrekatalog, Vienne et New York, 1999, p. 334, no. 53.17 (illustré).





Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Galanis-Hentschel, Paalen, mai-juin 1954, no. 6.

Las Palmas de Grande Canarie, Centro Atla´ntico de Arte Moderno et Madrid, Sala de exposiciones de la communidad de Madrid, Automatismos paralelos, La Europa de los Movimientos Experimentales, 1944-1956, février-mai 1992, p. 202 (illustré en couleurs).





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Artist:Wolfgang Paalen (1905 - 1959)
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
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