Positano. 1955.
Oil on burlap.
Lower left monogrammed and dated. 97 x 50.5 cm (38.1 x 19.8 in).
[KT].

• From the artist's best period.
• Characteristic motif of the enchanting towns on the Amalfi Coast, a place of longing for the artist.
• Charming play with material and color in the roughness of the background.

PROVENANCE:
Private collection.
Private collection Hesse.
Private collection Lower Saxony.

EXHIBITION:
Max Peiffer Watenphul. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Kunsthalle, Darmstadt, July 1 - August 20, 1972, no. 44 (illu.).
Max Peiffer Watenphul. Ölbilder, Aquarelle, Lithographien und frühe Mexikoarbeiten, Westend Galerie, Frankfurt a.M., September 14 - November 6, 1976.
Zur italienischen Kunst nach 1945. Deutsche Künstler und Italien, Westend Galerie, Frankfurt a.M., October 24, 1981 - January 30, 1982 (illu.).

LITERATURE:
Grace Watenphul-Pasqualucci, Alessandra Pasqualucci, Max Peiffer Watenphul. Werkverzeichnis, vol. 1: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Cologne 1989, no. G 526 (illu., with different dimensions 93 x 49 cm).

In good condition. With a few small irregularities, upper right corner with a ca. 15 cm long stitched blemish.
The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of knowledge.