Art (1900-1945) > Figurative Painting (1900-30s ) Walter Dexel - Biography
Walter Dexel
1890 - 1973
Ohne Titel. Ca. 1913.
Oil on cardboard.
28.8 x 39.7 cm (11.3 x 15.6 in). [AH].
• Ornamental flatness: Until 1914, Dexel experimented with compositional schemes based on the flat, two-dimensional treatment of landscapes.
• Color-field composition inspired by East Asian painting.
• Formerly from the artist’s estat.
PROVENANCE: rom the artist’s estate.
Private collection, Texas, USA (since 2010, Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg).
LITERATURE: Ruth Wöbkemeier, Walter Dexel (1890–1973). Catalogue Raisonné. Gemälde, Hinterglasbilder, Gouachen, Aquarelle, Collagen, Ölstudien, Entwürfe zu Bühnenbildern, Heidelberg 1995, CR no. 19 (illustrated).
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Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 427th Auction, Modern Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Part II, December 3, 2010, Lot 189 (illustrated in color).
In good condition, with vibrant colors. Minimal signs of wear along the edges and in the corners. In some places, there are tiny areas where the paint has flaked off and some deposits on the paint layer. There are isolated areas with minimal to small retouching. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the aid of a UV light source, and to the best of our knowledge and belief.
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