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WOLFGANG PAALEN (1905-1959)

Lot 101
28.02.2023 16:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 101 | WOLFGANG PAALEN (1905-1959)
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WOLFGANG PAALEN (1905-1959)

Taches solaires

signed, dated and titled 'WP 38 taches solaires' (on the reverse)

oil and fumage on canvas

51 x 38 1/4 in. (129.5 x 97.2 cm.)

Painted in 1938





Provenance

The artist's studio, Mill Valley.

Franz Josef and Ann von Braun, Munich, by 1993.

Gordon Onslow Ford, Inverness, California.

Lucid Art Foundation, Inverness, California, by descent from the above.

Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco.

Acquired from the above by the present owners in 2007.



Literature

Minotaure: revue artistique et litéraire, vol. 11, Paris, 1938, (illustrated).

A. Neufert, Wolfgang Paalen. Im Inneren des Wals: Monografie - Schriften - Œuvrekatalog, Vienna, 1999, no. 38.05, p. 301 (illustrated p. 132).

K. Maur, ed., Yves Tanguy und der Surrealismus, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, 2001, p. 201 (illustrated).

A. Neufert, Paalen. Life and Work. Forbidden Land: The Early and Crucial Years 1905-1939, vol. I, Norderstedt, 2022, p. 88 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Renou et Colle, Exposition Wolfgang Paalen, June - July 1938, no. 16.

London, Guggenheim Jeune Gallery, Wolfgang Paalen, 1939, no. 11.

Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wolfgang Paalen: Zwischen Surrealismus und Abstraktion, September - November 1993, p. 139 (illustrated).

Mexico City, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Alvar y Carmen T. de Carrillo Gil, Wolfgang Paalen. Retrospectiva, July - September 1994, no. 21, p. 275 (illustrated p. 139).

Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Surrealistas en el exilo y los inicios de la Escuela de Nueva York, December 1999 - February 2000, p. 69 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Strasbourg, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, May - August 2000.

Dresden, Galerie Döbele, Wolfgang Paalen: Denker und Visionär im Medium der Malerei, September - October 2001, p. 54 (illustrated p. 55).

San Francisco, Frey Norris Gallery, Wolfgang Paalen: Implicit Spaces, May - July 2007, pp. 30-31 (illustrated).

Monterrey, Mexico, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, La danza de los espectros, November 2013 - March 2014, p. 103 (illustrated).



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Artist:Wolfgang Paalen (1905 - 1959)
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
Medium:Canvas, Textile
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Austria, Western Europe, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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