oB 170. 1924.
India ink and Pencil drawing with watercolors.
Lower right signed, dated and titled. On fine glassine paper. 41.5 x 54.3 cm (16.3 x 21.3 x 21,3 in), size of sheet.
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• Ella Bergmann-Michel was a visionary artist in the field of photo collage.
• Her abstract paper works with a scientific touch were made as an artistic reaction to the technnological progress the world celebrated in those days.
• Her style was informed by Constructivism, Dadaism, Surrealism and Bauhaus.
• Well-known galleries like Hanna Bekker vom Rath or Eric Mouchet honored the artist in recent exhibitions to popularize her creation.
• Over the past years, her works have fetched top prices on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).

The work will be included into the forthcoming catalogue raisonneé compiled by Dr. Norbert Nobis, Hanover, in cooperation with Galerie Eric Mouchet, Paris. We are grateful for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Baden-Württemberg (acquired from Robert Michel around 1980).
Private collection Hesse (acquired from the above).

EXHIBITION: Ella Bergmann-Michel. Black Light, Galerie Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main, September 9 - October 29, 2022.