Wolfgang Paalen

Wolfgang Paalen 1905 - 1959 Composition. 1935. Mixed media. Oil/tempera and pencil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right. 37.4 x 45.5 cm (14.7 x 17.9 in). [AR]. • Wolfgang Paalen’s magical worlds: A mysterious, dual figure composition. • The Austrian-born artist is renowned as a leading figure of international Surrealism. • He conceived his signature biomorphic style within the circle around André Breton in Paris in 1932/33. • Works from the 1930s are among the artist’s most sought-after on the international auction market (source: artprice.com). PROVENANCE: Edgar Kaufmann Jr., New York. Private collection (since 1990, Hôtel Drouot, Paris). Collection (since 2004, Christie’s, London). Private collection, Paris (since 2009, Sotheby’s, Paris). EXHIBITION: Wolfgang Paalen, Museum Moderne Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, 1993 (with illustration on p. 62). Approaching Surrealism, Museum of Contemporary Art, Goulandris Foundation, Andros (Greece), July 1–September 30, 2012. Jeux / Surrealism, The Tokushima Modern Art Museum, April 27–June 30, 2013; Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo, July 9–August 25, 2013. Surrealism, Milton Art Bank, Milton (Pennsylvania), November 1, 2018–February 24, 2019. LITERATURE: Andreas Neufert, Wolfgang Paalen. Im Inneren des Wals, monograph— writings—catalogue raisonné, Vienna/New York 1999, CR no. 35.10 (with b/w illu. on p. 289). - - Sotheby’s Arcade, New York, auction February 21, 1990, lot 113 (with illustration). Maître Loudmer, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, auction June 25, 1990, lot 198. Perrin-Royère-Lajeunesse, Versailles, auction April 21, 1991, lot 12 (with illustration). Christie’s, London, The Art of the Surreal: Evening Sale, February 2, 2004, lot 93 (with color illustration). Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 15.48 h +/- 20 min.

Estimation:20.000€

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