Hans Purrmann

Villa mit Balkon und Markisen (Castiglioncello)
1938

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Watercolour and pencil on handmade paper

39 × 57 cm / 15 3/8 × 22 7/16 in

Signed

On the reverse side is an additional pencil drawing of a landscape

Catalogue Raisonné by Lenz/Billeter 2008 no. W 1938/25

Expertise

Registered in the Hans Purrmann archive, Munich, as no. 2152

Provenance

Collection Prof. Herbert Gericke, Rome (former director of the Villa Massimo), Herbert Gericke Estate

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Literature

Christian Lenz/Felix Billeter, "Hans Purrmann – Aquarelle und Gouachen. Werkverzeichnis", Ostfildern 2008, no. W1938/25

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