Mask

Details

William Gear, R.A. (1915-1997)
Mask
signed and dated 'Gear '46' (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated again 'Gear/"MASK"/Celle, Germany/April '46' (on the reverse)
ink and gouache, unframed
20 ¾ x 14 ½ in. (52.7 x 36.8 cm.)

Provenance

Purchased directly from the artist by the present owner's father, and by descent.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

In 1945 Gear joined the Monuments Fine Arts and Archives program (MFAA). As a Monuments Officer in Hanover, he oversaw the return of artworks from the Berlin Art Collections. Some of these works had been stored for safekeeping in the nearby Schloss Celle, which is where he produced the present lot, as well as lot 159. Gear’s duties also included promoting the work of avant-garde German artists. He arranged a series of modern art exhibitions, including the popular public exhibition Modern Prints. This included Picasso’s Frugal Meal and Kirchner’s Und so Weiter, along with other woodcuts by the German Expressionists.

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