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SELECTED WORKS FROM THE BAYER FAMILY COLLECTION
JOHANNES ITTEN (1888-1967)
Offenbarung im Chaos
Details
JOHANNES ITTEN (1888-1967)
Offenbarung im Chaos
signed and inscribed 'Itten Herbert Bayer zur Erinnerung an Weimar'; signed again, dated, numbered and inscribed 'No 1 Offenbarung im Chaos 1966 Johannes Itten' (on the reverse)
paper collage, pastel, watercolour and brush and pen and India ink on paper laid down on paper, on the artist's mount
sheet: 7 5⁄8 x 5 ¼ in. (19.3 x 13.3 cm.)
artist's mount: 12 7⁄8 x 9 3⁄8 in. (32.8 x 23.8 cm.)
Executed in 1966
Offenbarung im Chaos
signed and inscribed 'Itten Herbert Bayer zur Erinnerung an Weimar'; signed again, dated, numbered and inscribed 'No 1 Offenbarung im Chaos 1966 Johannes Itten' (on the reverse)
paper collage, pastel, watercolour and brush and pen and India ink on paper laid down on paper, on the artist's mount
sheet: 7 5⁄8 x 5 ¼ in. (19.3 x 13.3 cm.)
artist's mount: 12 7⁄8 x 9 3⁄8 in. (32.8 x 23.8 cm.)
Executed in 1966
Provenance
Joella Bayer & Herbert Bayer, Aspen & Montecito, a gift to him from the artist in 1966.
Jonathan Bayer, Aspen & London, by descent from the above, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Jonathan Bayer, Aspen & London, by descent from the above, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
W. Rotzler, ed., Johannes Itten, Werke und Schriften, Zurich, 1978, no. 1182, p. 387 (illustrated; titled 'Studie zu Offenbarung' and with incorrect medium).
C. Wagner, Johannes Itten: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, 1939-1967, Munich, 2021, no. 1966-033-W, p. 420 (illustrated; titled 'Study for Revelation' and with incorrect medium).
C. Wagner, Johannes Itten: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, 1939-1967, Munich, 2021, no. 1966-033-W, p. 420 (illustrated; titled 'Study for Revelation' and with incorrect medium).
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