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WOLFGANG PAALEN (1905-1959)

Lot 125
28.02.2023 16:00UTC +00:00
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ID 908087
Lot 125 | WOLFGANG PAALEN (1905-1959)
Estimate value
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WOLFGANG PAALEN (1905-1959)

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signed with initials 'WP' (lower centre); signed again with initials and dated 'WP 36-37' (on the reverse)

oil and fumage on canvas

36 1/4 x 23 3/8 in. (92 x 59.2 cm.)

Painted in 1936-1937





Provenance

Gordon Onslow Ford, Inverness, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1940, and thence by descent.

Private collection, Berlin, by whom acquired from the above in 2008.



Literature

I. Rodríguez Prampolini, El Surrealismo y el Arte Fantástico de México, Mexico, 1969, no. 44, p. 124 (first state illustrated pl. 44; dated '1936').

A. Neufert, Wolfgang Paalen. Im Inneren des Wals – Monografie/Schriften/Oevrekatalog, Wien, 1999, p. 291 (first state illustrated).

T. Arcq, G.M.M. Colvile, A. Neufert, L. Jarbouai & N. Deffebach, Una surrealista en México: Alice Rahon, exh. cat. Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, 2009, p. 99 (illustrated).

D. Ades, R. Eder & G. Speranza, 'Wolfgang Paalen: The Totem as Sphinx', in Surrealism in Latin America, Vivísimo Muerto, Los Angels, 2012, no. 6, pp. 122-123 (illustrated p. 123).

J. Barnitz & P. Frank, Twentieth Century Art of Latin America, Austin, 2015, no. 4.14, pp. IX & 127 (illustrated p. 127).

D. Morris, The Lives of the Surrealists, London, 2018, p. 210 (illustrated).

A. Dempsey, Art Essentials: Surrealism, London, 2019, p. 89 (illustrated p. 88).

M. Richardson, ed., The International Encyclopedia of Surrealism, vol. III, Surrealists M-Z, London, 2019, p. 155 (illustrated).

N. Schedlmayer, 'Mann der vielen Möglichkeiten', in Belvedere Kunstmagazin No. 2, Vienna, 2019, no. 5, p. 11 (illustrated).

R. Bertra, ed., Wolfgang Paalen, Der Axolotl / El Axolotle, Mexico, 2019 (illustrated on the cover).

A. Neufert, Paalen: Life and Work, vol. I., Forbidden Land: The Early and Crucial Years, 1905 - 1939, Berlin, 2022, pp. 248-254 (illustrated p. 250 & the first state illustrated p. 251; illustrated again on the cover).



Exhibited

New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Surrealist Paintings by Wolfgang Paalen, April 1940, no. 3 (titled 'L'upyre').

Vienna, Jüdisches Museum der Stadt, Moderne auf der Flucht, Österreichische KünstlerInnen in Frankreich 1938-1945, June - September 2008, no. 75, p. 104 (illustrated p. 105).

Ludwigshafen, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Gegen jede Vernunft: Surrealismus Paris - Prag, November 2009 - February 2010, no. 83, pp. 144 & 353 (illustrated p. 144).

San Francisco, Frey Norris Gallery, Exultation: Sex, Death and Madness in Eight Surrealist Masterworks, 2011.

Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery, The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art, May - September 2011, pp. 234 & 328 (illustrated p. 234).

Herford, MARTa Herford, Asche und Gold: Eine Weltenreise, January - April 2012, pp. 58 & 218 (illustrated p. 58); this exhibition later travelled to Bedburg-Hau, Museum Schloss Moyland, May - August 2012.

Frankfurt, Städel Museum, Schwarze Romantik, Von Goya bis Max Ernst, September 2012 - January 2013, no. 183, pp. 252 & 300 (illustrated p. 252); this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Musée d'Orsay, March - June 2013, no. 174, pp. 266 & 295 (illustrated p. 266).

Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof, Hello World: Revision einer Sammlung, April - August 2018, p. 407 (illustrated pp. 27 & 28 in situ).

Vienna, Unteres Belvedere, Der Österreichische Surrealist in Paris und Mexiko: Wolfgang Paalen, October 2019 - January 2020, p. 111 (illustrated).

London, Camden Art Centre, The Botanical Mind, Mysticism and the Cosmic Tree, September - December 2020.

Bad Frankenhausen, Panorama Museum, Surrealismus in Deutschland: Kunst von 1919 bis 1949, July - October 2021, no. 104, pp. 117 & 339 (illustrated p. 117).



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Artist:Wolfgang Paalen (1905 - 1959)
Applied technique:Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted
Medium:Canvas, Textile
Art style:Modern art, Surrealism
Place of origin:Austria, Western Europe, Mexico, Europe
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