WOLS | Les deux fourchettes

Gréty Wols, Paris
Galerie Europe, Paris
Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf
Private Collection, Germany
Thence by descent to the present owner

Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle, Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus rheinisch-westfälischem Kunstbesitz., April - June 1967, n.p., no. 369, f. 87, illustrated
Frankfurt, Kunstverein, Aus dem Traumbuch der Maler - Phantasie und Vision, Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, August - September 1968, n.p., no. 98, illustrated
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, WOLS, June - August 1978, p. 98, no. 167, illustrated
Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Bilder - Aquarelle - Zeichnungen - Photographien - Druckgraphik, November 1989 - February 1990, no. 11, illustrated

Shigeo Chiba, L'oeuvre de Wols. Dissertation Thesis for Université de Paris I, Paris 1974, p. 135 (text)
Laszlo Glozer, Wols - Photograph, Munich 1978, n.p., no. 167, illustrated
Eduard Beaucamp, 'Wols gereinigt und ohne Pathos', Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 13 January 1990, p. 25, illustrated
Phillip Gutbrod, Wols. Die Arbeiten auf Papier (Werkverzeichnis), Heidelberg 2003, n.p., no. A 63, illustrated

Colour: The colours in the printed catalogue are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly cooler in the original. Condition: This work is good condition. The sheet is attached verso to the backing board in numerous places. All four edges are slightly deckled. Close inspection reveals some light creases in places throughout with tiny spots of associated skinning, which are visible in the catalogue illustration, and some tiny nicks and dog ears to the extreme edges of the paper. Further very close inspection reveals some tiny splash and media accretions in isolated places throughout. As visible in the catalogue illustration there is a tiny spot of paper skinning to center left bottom edge, which appears to be inpainted.
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The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Dr. Ewald Rathke, Frankfurt.