Sale: 517 / Modern Art II, June 18. 2021 in Munich Lot 190

 

190
Walter Dexel
Eisenbahngelände, 1921.
Watercolor over pencil
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,440
Sold:
€ 22,500 / $ 24,300

(incl. surcharge)
Eisenbahngelände. 1921.
Watercolor over pencil.
Wöbkemeier 160. Lower right signed and dated "1921/5", lower left isncribed "5". Titled on the backing board. Verso of backing board inscribed "W. Dexel. 21 Eisenbahngelände Kat.Nr. 87" presumably by the artist. On firm wove paper, laid on backing board by the artist. 25.8 x 33.8 cm (10.1 x 13.3 in), the full sheet. Backing board: 33,3 x 40 cm (13,2 x 16 in).
[SM].
• From the sought-after 1920s.
• Comprehensive exhibition history.
• Clear forms and colors on the brink to abstraction.
• A style reminiscent of Cubism
.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Rolf Ohse, Bremen.
Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart.
Private collection Lower Saxony.
Private collection Southern Germany.

EXHIBITION: Walter Dexel, Städtisches Museum, Braunschweig, Febaruray 25 - March 25, 1962, cat. no. 87.
Walter Dexel, Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn, May 22 - June 24, 1973, cat. no. 45.
Walter Dexel, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, January 25 - March 3, 1974, cat. no. 67, p. 108.
Walter Dexel und Lyonel Feininger, Galerie Rolf Ohse, Bremen, September 24 - October 23, 1976, cat. no. 6 (with illu.).
Walter Dexel, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, May 27 - July 29, 1979, cat. no. 159, p. 174.

LITERATURE: Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 380th auction, June 4, 2011, lot 80.




190
Walter Dexel
Eisenbahngelände, 1921.
Watercolor over pencil
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,440
Sold:
€ 22,500 / $ 24,300

(incl. surcharge)