WOLS

Corolles de champignons volants
1939

WOLS, Corolles de champignons volants

Watercolour, Indian ink and opaque white on handmade paper

31.3 × 24 cm / 12 5/16 × 9 7/16 in

Signed

On the verso of a reproduction (Werner Haftmann archive) Gréty Wols noted: »fait 59. rue froidevaux 1939« and »Europe« Auf der Rückseite einer Reproduktion (im Archiv Werner Haftmann) hat Gréty Wols notiert: "fait 59. rue froidevaux 1939" und "Europe"

Catalogue Raisonné by Gutbrod 2003 no. A-029

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Expertise

Certificate of Authenticity by Dr. Ewald Rathke, Frankfurt/Main 1985

Provenance

Galerie Bonnier, Geneva; Galerie Pudelko, Bonn; Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm; Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg (Auction 11 - 12 Jun. 1982, lot 1406, unsold); Private Collection North Rhine-Westphalia

Exhibitions
  • Galerie Ludorff, "50 Jahre", Part I, 4. Apr. - 7. Jun., Düsseldorf 2025
  • Galerie Ludorff, Neuerwerbungen Herbst 2024, Düsseldorf 2024
  • "Wols. Das große Mysterium", Museum Wiesbaden, Lyonel-Feininger-Galerie, Quedlinburg, Museum Liner / Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte, Appenzell 2013/2014
  • Kunsthaus Zürich/Kunstsammlungen Nordrhein-Westfalen, "WOLS. Bilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Photographien, Druckgraphik", Zürich/Düsseldorf 1989-1990
  • Galerie Pudelko, "WOLS. Dreißig Aquarelle und Gouachen aus den Jahren 1938 bis 1951", Bonn 1975
  • Galerie Bonnier/Konstgalleriet, "Wols. Gouaches et aquarelles surréalistes", Genf/Stockholm 1971-1972
Literature
  • Galerie Ludorff, "50 Jahre", Part I, Düsseldorf 2025, S. 189
  • Ione Robinson, "Stunden mit Wols: 1947", Bern/Wien 2013, Abb. 41, S. 108
  • Alexander Klar, "Wols. Das große Mysterium", Köln 2013, Abb. S. 23, S. 136
  • Philipp Gutbrod, "WOLS (1913-1951). Die Arbeiten auf Papier (Kommentiertes kritisches Werkverzeichnis)", Dissertation, Heidelberg 2003, Nr. A-029
  • Marianne Karabelnik-Matta (Hg.), "WOLS. Bilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Photographien, Druckgraphik", Ausst.-Kat. Kunsthaus Zürich/Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Zürich 1989, Nr. 9
  • artis. Das aktuelle Kunstmagazin, 38. Jg. (März 1986), Cover
  • Shigeo Chiba, "L'oeuvre de Wols. Thèse pour le doctorat d'Université de Paris", Paris 1974, S. 137

About WOLS

WOLS, whose real name was Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze, was born in Berlin in 1913. The important German painter, graphic artist and photographer is considered one of the most important pioneers of Art Informel and a representative of Tachism. WOLS began his artistic career as a photographer in …

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