Sale: 494 / Modern Art, Dec. 07. 2019 in Munich Lot 489

 

489
Walter Dexel
Entwurf zu II: Figuration in Weiß auf Schwarz mit zwei roten Quadraten, 1926.
Collage. Different types of paper on light board
Estimate:
€ 5,000 / $ 5,400
Sold:
€ 6,875 / $ 7,425

(incl. surcharge)
Entwurf zu II: Figuration in Weiß auf Schwarz mit zwei roten Quadraten. 1926.
Collage. Different types of paper on light board.
Wöbkemeier 303. Signed, dated and inscribed "II H Glasbild" in lower left. On thin board. 21 x 14.3 cm (8.2 x 5.6 in). Board: 30 x 21 cm (11,8 x 8,2 in).
Draft for the broken glass picture "26 II - Figuration in Weiß auf Schwarz mit zwei roten Quadraten" (Wöbkemeier 304), after which the Edition Hoffmann, Friedberg released a silkscreen for a plexiglass multipe in 1972. Walter Dexel commissioned this multiple shortly before his death and did not live to see its completion. [EH].

PROVENANCE: Galerie Dröscher, Hamburg.
Private collection Schleswig-Hollstein.




489
Walter Dexel
Entwurf zu II: Figuration in Weiß auf Schwarz mit zwei roten Quadraten, 1926.
Collage. Different types of paper on light board
Estimate:
€ 5,000 / $ 5,400
Sold:
€ 6,875 / $ 7,425

(incl. surcharge)