Art (1945-contemporary) > Expressionism Max Peiffer Watenphul - Biography
Venedig, Ca' di Desdemona. 1948.
Oil on burlap.
Titled, monogrammed and dated in the upper left. Typographically numbered on the reverse. 78 x 61 cm (30.7 x 24 in).
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• The artist spent twelve decisive years of his career in Venice.
• There he created empathetic, suggestive architectural portraits of one of the world's most fascinating cities.
• Peiffer Watenphul's works are in the collection of, among others, the Museum Folkwang, Essen; the State Painting Collections, Munich; and the Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal.
PROVENANCE: Chichio Haller Collection, Zürich.
Private collection, Lower Saxony.
EXHIBITION: Max Peiffer Watenphul, Galleria del Cavallino, July 31-August 14, 1948.
Meinrad Marti, Plastik - Max Peiffer Watenphul, Gemälde, Galerie Chichio Haller, Zürich, October 18 - November 8, 1952.
Max Peiffer-Watenphul. From Weimar to Italy, Bertuchhaus and Kunstkabinett, Weimar, June 17 - August 29, 1999, Ill. 50.
LITERATURE: Grace Watenphul Pasqualucci, Alessandra Pasqualucci, Max Peiffer Watenphul. Catalogue raisonné, vol. 1: Paintings - Watercolors, Cologne 1989, cat. rais. no. G 384 (illustrated).
In good condition. A few tiny isolated retouches. The work was not unframed for cataloging. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of a UV light source and to the best of our knowledge and belief.
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