ID 908314
Lot 470 | WOLFGANG PAALEN (1905-1959)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
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.
Special Notice
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| Artist: | Wolfgang Paalen (1905 - 1959) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art, Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Wolfgang Paalen (1905 - 1959) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art, Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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