Sale: 611 / Day Sale, Dec. 05. 2026 in Munich → Lot 126000843
Raumbeispiel
126000843
Wolfgang Paalen
Composition, 1935.
Mixed media. Oil/tempera and pencil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 25,000
$ 23,200 - 29,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
126000843
Wolfgang Paalen
Composition, 1935.
Mixed media. Oil/tempera and pencil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 25,000
$ 23,200 - 29,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Wolfgang Paalen
1905 - 1959
Composition. 1935.
Mixed media. Oil/tempera and pencil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right. 37.4 x 45.5 cm (14.7 x 17.9 in).
[AR].
• Wolfgang Paalen’s magical worlds: A mysterious, dual figure composition.
• The Austrian-born artist is renowned as a leading figure of international Surrealism.
• He conceived his signature biomorphic style within the circle around André Breton in Paris in 1932/33.
• Works from the 1930s are among the artist’s most sought-after on the
international auction market (source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE: Edgar Kaufmann Jr., New York.
Private collection (since 1990, Hôtel Drouot, Paris).
Collection (since 2004, Christie’s, London).
Private collection, Paris (since 2009, Sotheby’s, Paris).
EXHIBITION: Wolfgang Paalen, Museum Moderne Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, 1993 (with illustration on p. 62).
Approaching Surrealism, Museum of Contemporary Art, Goulandris Foundation, Andros (Greece), July 1–September 30, 2012.
Jeux / Surrealism, The Tokushima Modern Art Museum, April 27–June 30, 2013; Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo, July 9–August 25, 2013.
Surrealism, Milton Art Bank, Milton (Pennsylvania), November 1, 2018–February 24, 2019.
LITERATURE: Andreas Neufert, Wolfgang Paalen. Im Inneren des Wals, monograph—
writings—catalogue raisonné, Vienna/New York 1999, CR no. 35.10 (with b/w illu. on p. 289).
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Sotheby’s Arcade, New York, auction February 21, 1990, lot 113 (with illustration).
Maître Loudmer, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, auction June 25, 1990, lot 198.
Perrin-Royère-Lajeunesse, Versailles, auction April 21, 1991, lot 12 (with illustration).
Christie’s, London, The Art of the Surreal: Evening Sale, February 2, 2004, lot 93 (with color illustration).
1905 - 1959
Composition. 1935.
Mixed media. Oil/tempera and pencil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right. 37.4 x 45.5 cm (14.7 x 17.9 in).
[AR].
• Wolfgang Paalen’s magical worlds: A mysterious, dual figure composition.
• The Austrian-born artist is renowned as a leading figure of international Surrealism.
• He conceived his signature biomorphic style within the circle around André Breton in Paris in 1932/33.
• Works from the 1930s are among the artist’s most sought-after on the
international auction market (source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE: Edgar Kaufmann Jr., New York.
Private collection (since 1990, Hôtel Drouot, Paris).
Collection (since 2004, Christie’s, London).
Private collection, Paris (since 2009, Sotheby’s, Paris).
EXHIBITION: Wolfgang Paalen, Museum Moderne Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, 1993 (with illustration on p. 62).
Approaching Surrealism, Museum of Contemporary Art, Goulandris Foundation, Andros (Greece), July 1–September 30, 2012.
Jeux / Surrealism, The Tokushima Modern Art Museum, April 27–June 30, 2013; Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo, July 9–August 25, 2013.
Surrealism, Milton Art Bank, Milton (Pennsylvania), November 1, 2018–February 24, 2019.
LITERATURE: Andreas Neufert, Wolfgang Paalen. Im Inneren des Wals, monograph—
writings—catalogue raisonné, Vienna/New York 1999, CR no. 35.10 (with b/w illu. on p. 289).
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Sotheby’s Arcade, New York, auction February 21, 1990, lot 113 (with illustration).
Maître Loudmer, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, auction June 25, 1990, lot 198.
Perrin-Royère-Lajeunesse, Versailles, auction April 21, 1991, lot 12 (with illustration).
Christie’s, London, The Art of the Surreal: Evening Sale, February 2, 2004, lot 93 (with color illustration).
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