Sale: 605 / Day Sale, June 13. 2026 in Munich → Lot 126000273
126000273
Wols
Tapis, 1940.
Watercolor and ink pen
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 28,750 - 40,250
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
126000273
Wols
Tapis, 1940.
Watercolor and ink pen
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 28,750 - 40,250
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Wols
1913 - 1951
Tapis. 1940.
Watercolor and ink pen.
Signed and dated in the lower right. Inscribed "No. 116" and "Camp des Milles 1940" on the reverse. 32.8 x 26.7 cm (12.9 x 10.5 in), the full sheet. [KA].
• Reality and imagination merge compellingly in this early poetic-surrealist work.
• At the time of its creation, the German artist, who was living in France, was interned at Camp des Milles in Aix-en-Provence following the outbreak of war (1939/40) due to his origins, despite his anti-fascist stance.
• During his internment, he produced a large number of drawings and watercolors depicting camp life; many of these were lost in 1940 while he was fleeing to Dieulefit.
• Another work from this creative phase achieved the highest hammer price ever recorded for a Wols watercolor on the international auction market (source: Artprice).
• Comparable works from this period are held in major museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Tate, London, and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
Accompanied by a photograph certificate of authenticity issued by Dr. Ewald Rathke, Frankfurt am Main, dated April 2, 1988.
We are grateful to Mr. Philipp Gutbrod, Darmstadt, for his kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Hanover Gallery, London.
Michel Couturier, Paris.
Galleria Gissi, Turin (1969).
Private collection, Switzerland.
Private collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above).
EXHIBITION: Linea Europea, Galleria Gissi, Turin, June–July 1969, cat. no. 39 (illustrated)
Wols, Galleria Nuova Cadario, Milan, Oct. 9–Nov. 8, 1975, cat. no. 1.
LITERATURE: Philipp Gutbrod, Wols (1913–1951). Die Arbeiten auf Papier (annotated critical catalogue raisonné, PhD thesis), Heidelberg 2003 [microfiche], CR no. A-130.
Jean-Paul Sartre, quoted from: Exhibition catalog Paris Post War: Art and Existentialism 1945–55, Tate, London, 1993, p. 181
1913 - 1951
Tapis. 1940.
Watercolor and ink pen.
Signed and dated in the lower right. Inscribed "No. 116" and "Camp des Milles 1940" on the reverse. 32.8 x 26.7 cm (12.9 x 10.5 in), the full sheet. [KA].
• Reality and imagination merge compellingly in this early poetic-surrealist work.
• At the time of its creation, the German artist, who was living in France, was interned at Camp des Milles in Aix-en-Provence following the outbreak of war (1939/40) due to his origins, despite his anti-fascist stance.
• During his internment, he produced a large number of drawings and watercolors depicting camp life; many of these were lost in 1940 while he was fleeing to Dieulefit.
• Another work from this creative phase achieved the highest hammer price ever recorded for a Wols watercolor on the international auction market (source: Artprice).
• Comparable works from this period are held in major museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Tate, London, and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
Accompanied by a photograph certificate of authenticity issued by Dr. Ewald Rathke, Frankfurt am Main, dated April 2, 1988.
We are grateful to Mr. Philipp Gutbrod, Darmstadt, for his kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Hanover Gallery, London.
Michel Couturier, Paris.
Galleria Gissi, Turin (1969).
Private collection, Switzerland.
Private collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above).
EXHIBITION: Linea Europea, Galleria Gissi, Turin, June–July 1969, cat. no. 39 (illustrated)
Wols, Galleria Nuova Cadario, Milan, Oct. 9–Nov. 8, 1975, cat. no. 1.
LITERATURE: Philipp Gutbrod, Wols (1913–1951). Die Arbeiten auf Papier (annotated critical catalogue raisonné, PhD thesis), Heidelberg 2003 [microfiche], CR no. A-130.
Jean-Paul Sartre, quoted from: Exhibition catalog Paris Post War: Art and Existentialism 1945–55, Tate, London, 1993, p. 181
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