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Walter Dexel
Quadrate 25, 1925.
Gouache and collage
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 13,800 Sold:
€ 19,350 / $ 22,252 (incl. surcharge)
267
Walter Dexel
Quadrate 25, 1925.
Gouache and collage
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 13,800 Sold:
€ 19,350 / $ 22,252 (incl. surcharge)
Walter Dexel
1890 - 1973
Quadrate 25. 1925.
Gouache and collage.
Signed and dated in the lower right. Once more signed, dated, and titled on the reverse. On cardboard. 34 x 33 cm (13.3 x 12.9 in). Sheet: 57,5 x 49,5 cm (22,6 x 19,4 in).
[KA].
• Innovative, dynamic square composition in a purist style.
• Dexel's consistent, high-contrast compositions earned him a prominent position among the Constructivists at the beginning of the 20th century.
• Walter Dexel is considered a pioneer of reductive concrete Modernism in Germany.
• Other works by the artist are in renowned museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, and the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main.
• Part of an acclaimed private collection in Berlin for almost 50 years.
We are grateful to Dr. Ruth Wöbkemeier for her kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin (since 1978: Hauswedell & Nolte).
EXHIBITION: Deutsche Avantgarde 1915-1935, Galerie Gmurzynska-Bargera, Cologne, Sep. 22, 1971-January 1972, cat. no. 61 (illustrated in black and white).
LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 227th auction, Modern Art, June 1-3, 1978, lot 277.
1890 - 1973
Quadrate 25. 1925.
Gouache and collage.
Signed and dated in the lower right. Once more signed, dated, and titled on the reverse. On cardboard. 34 x 33 cm (13.3 x 12.9 in). Sheet: 57,5 x 49,5 cm (22,6 x 19,4 in).
[KA].
• Innovative, dynamic square composition in a purist style.
• Dexel's consistent, high-contrast compositions earned him a prominent position among the Constructivists at the beginning of the 20th century.
• Walter Dexel is considered a pioneer of reductive concrete Modernism in Germany.
• Other works by the artist are in renowned museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, and the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main.
• Part of an acclaimed private collection in Berlin for almost 50 years.
We are grateful to Dr. Ruth Wöbkemeier for her kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin (since 1978: Hauswedell & Nolte).
EXHIBITION: Deutsche Avantgarde 1915-1935, Galerie Gmurzynska-Bargera, Cologne, Sep. 22, 1971-January 1972, cat. no. 61 (illustrated in black and white).
LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 227th auction, Modern Art, June 1-3, 1978, lot 277.
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