Hans Purrmann

Küste bei Fano
1940

Oil on canvas

46 × 61 cm / 18 1/8 × 24 in

Signed

Catalogue Raisonné by Lenz/Billeter 2004 no. 1940/10

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Expertise

Registered in the Hans Purrmann archive, Munich, as no. 776

Provenance

The artist’s studio; Collection H. M., Florence (acquired directly from the artist); Private Collection Switzerland

Literature

Christian Lenz/Felix Billeter, "Hans Purrmann. Die Gemälde 1935-1966. Werkverzeichnis", Bd. II, München 2004, no. 1940/10
Fritz Nemitz, "Hans Purrmann", in: Prisma 1/8 (1947), plate II

Inspired by the French avant-garde and as a pupil of Henri Matisse, Purrmann developed his own pictorial language, untouched by Expressionism.