WOLS (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze, dit, 1913-1951) - photo 1
WOLS (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze, dit, 1913-1951) - photo 2
WOLS (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze, dit, 1913-1951) - photo 3
WOLS (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze, dit, 1913-1951) - photo 4
WOLS (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze, dit, 1913-1951) - photo 5

WOLS (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze, dit, 1913-1951)

Lot 359
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Lot 359 | WOLS (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze, dit, 1913-1951)
Estimate value
€ 100 000 – 150 000
WOLS (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze, dit, 1913-1951)
Les Poissons et les vagues
signé par grattage 'WOLS' (en bas à droite); avec le cachet deux fois 'WOLS WOLS' (au revers); porte l'inscription 'WOLS les Poissons et les Vagues 15F = (65 x 54) 1940 Cassis s/ mer CASSIS 1940' (sur le châssis)
huile sur toile
53.8 x 65 cm.
Peint en 1940

signed with grattage 'WOLS' (lower right); stamped twice 'WOLS WOLS' (on the reverse); bears the inscription 'WOLS les Poissons et les Vagues 15F = (65 x 54) 1940 Cassis s/ mer CASSIS 1940' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
21 ¼ x 25 5/8 in.
Painted in 1940




Provenance

Atelier de l'artiste.
Gréty Wols, Paris (par succession).
Marc Johannes, Rozières-sur-Crise (par succession).
Collection particulière, France (par descendance); vente Otto Wols, Deburaux et Associés, Paris, 15 juin 2011, lot 108.
Acquis au cours de cette vente par la famille du propriétaire actuel.



Literature

S. Chiba, L'œuvre de Wols, thèse de doctorat, Université Paris I, Paris, 1974, p. 101.



Exhibited

Berne, Kunsthalle, Tendances actuelles Troisième exposition, janvier-mars 1955 (hos catalogue).
Bruxelles, Galerie Europe, Wols, avril-mai 1959, no. 1.
Zurich, Galerie Charles Lienhard, août 1959, p. 12, no. 44.
Francfort-sur-le-Maine, Frankfurter Kunstverein Steinerneshaus et Wuppertal, Kunst und Museumsverein, Wols - Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Fotos, janvier-février 1966, p. 25, no. 2 (illustré, p. 68).
Lucerne, Galerie Räber, Wols, août-octobre 1967, p. 26, no. 6.
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, Dessins, Aquarelles, Peintures 1932-1951, décembre 1973-février 1974 (hors catalogue).
Rennes, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Caen, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Paris, Galerie Beaubourg et Strasbourg, Musée d'art Moderne, Wols, Peintures, aquarelles, dessins, 1913-1951, juin 1974-mai 1976, no. 5.
Parme, Fondazione Magnani-Rocca, Jean Fautrier e l'informale in Europe, septembre-décembre 2002 (illustré en couleurs, p. 113).



Further details

L'authenticité de cette œuvre a été confirmée par Dr Ewald Rathke.
Artist:Wols (1913 - 1951)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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