Lot Essay
The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Dr. Ewald Rathke.
Le Mélomane
Details
Wols (1913-1951)
Le Mélomane
signed (lower right)
India ink and watercolour on paper
16 1/4 x 13in. (41 x 33cm.)
Painted circa 1940-41.
Le Mélomane
signed (lower right)
India ink and watercolour on paper
16 1/4 x 13in. (41 x 33cm.)
Painted circa 1940-41.
Provenance
Jean Krebs, Brussels.
Helena Rubinstein Collection, New York & Paris.
Helena Rubinstein Collection, New York & Paris.
Literature
Glozer Laszlo, Wols Photographs, Munich 1978, p. 100, no. 73 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Berne, Kunsthalle Bern, Phantastische Kunst-Surrealismus, October-December 1966, no.145 (illustrated).
Tel-Aviv, Museum of Tel-Aviv, Le Surréalisme, December 1966, no. 107 (illustrated).
Brussels, Ministère de l'Education Nationale, Hommage à Jérôme Bosch - S'Hertogenbosh, 1967.
Recklinghausen, Städtische Kunsthalle, Reiche des Phantastischen, May-June 1968, no. 199.
Tel-Aviv, Museum of Tel-Aviv, Le Surréalisme, December 1966, no. 107 (illustrated).
Brussels, Ministère de l'Education Nationale, Hommage à Jérôme Bosch - S'Hertogenbosh, 1967.
Recklinghausen, Städtische Kunsthalle, Reiche des Phantastischen, May-June 1968, no. 199.