Lot 204
  • 204

Wols

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Wols
  • Composition S18
  • signed
  • watercolour, ink and gouache on paper
  • 25 by 16.7cm.; 9 7/8 by 6 5/8 in.
  • Executed circa 1941.

Provenance

Private Collection, Europe
Christian de Quay, Paris, Tableaux Modernes, 7 December 1995, Lot 26
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Paris, 1981
Nice, Musée Massena, Hommage à Iris Clert, 1986
Saarbruck, Saarland Museum, Art à Paris, dans les Années 50, 1989
Saint-Etienne, Musée d'Art Moderne, L'Écriture Griffée, 1990-91

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly richer and cooler in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached verso to the mount in several places. The edges are very slightly deckled. All surface irregularities are likely to be original.
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