ID 734307
Lot 30 | Wolfgang Paalen (1905-1959)
Estimate value
€ 25 000 – 35 000
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's Resale Right ("droit de Suite").
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Artist: | Wolfgang Paalen (1905 - 1959) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
Artist: | Wolfgang Paalen (1905 - 1959) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
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