WOLFGANG PAALEN (1905-1959)

Lot 470
03.03.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 470 | WOLFGANG PAALEN (1905-1959)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
WOLFGANG PAALEN (1905-1959)

Projét pour un monument

Tzalam "wild Tamarind" wood

height: 44 7/8 in. (114 cm.)

Carved in 1948, this work is unique





Provenance

The artist's studio, Mill Valley, until at least 1951.

Lucid Art Foundation, California.

Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, on consignment from the above.

Acquired from the above by the present owners in 2012.



Literature

A. Neufert, Wolfgang Paalen, Im Inneren des Wals: Monografie - Schriften - Oevrekatalog, Vienna, 1999, no. 48.02, p. 323 (illustrated, p. 323; illustrated again in situ, pp. 142 & 198).



Exhibited

San Francisco, Gallery Wendi Norris, Wolfgang Paalen, Philosopher of the Possible, February - March 2014.



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