Lot 503
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Julius Bissier
H. 23 Mai 65, 1965.
Egg and oil tempera on canvas
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 13,560 Sold:
€ 16,250 / $ 18,362 (incl. surcharge)
H. 23 Mai 65. 1965.
Egg and oil tempera on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled in upper right. 23.8 x 32.8 cm (9.3 x 12.9 in). [CH].
• Characteristic, delicate watercolor with particularly filigree motifs of encrypted characters and letters so typical of Bissier.
• Significant testimony to his creative urge: One of the last works by the artist, who died in June 1965.
• A year earlier, Bissier was represented at the documenta III in Kassel.
• Great international recognition: in 1963 the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston honored him with a comprehensive retrospective, which was also shown in Chicago, Detroit, New York (State) and Los Angeles.
• In the year of its creation, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh showed a grand retrospective.
The work is registered at the Archivio Bissier, Ascona, with the archive reference "H.23.Mai 65/Bildt.S.166/Ekta564". We are grateful for the kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris.
Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne.
Galleria Tega, Milan.
Private collection Milan.
EXHIBITION: Julius Bissier, art trader Wolfgang Wittrock, Düsseldorf 1990.
Julius Bissier. Pour un centenaire, Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, May 14 - July 24, 1993.
Egg and oil tempera on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled in upper right. 23.8 x 32.8 cm (9.3 x 12.9 in). [CH].
• Characteristic, delicate watercolor with particularly filigree motifs of encrypted characters and letters so typical of Bissier.
• Significant testimony to his creative urge: One of the last works by the artist, who died in June 1965.
• A year earlier, Bissier was represented at the documenta III in Kassel.
• Great international recognition: in 1963 the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston honored him with a comprehensive retrospective, which was also shown in Chicago, Detroit, New York (State) and Los Angeles.
• In the year of its creation, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh showed a grand retrospective.
The work is registered at the Archivio Bissier, Ascona, with the archive reference "H.23.Mai 65/Bildt.S.166/Ekta564". We are grateful for the kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris.
Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne.
Galleria Tega, Milan.
Private collection Milan.
EXHIBITION: Julius Bissier, art trader Wolfgang Wittrock, Düsseldorf 1990.
Julius Bissier. Pour un centenaire, Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, May 14 - July 24, 1993.
503
Julius Bissier
H. 23 Mai 65, 1965.
Egg and oil tempera on canvas
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 13,560 Sold:
€ 16,250 / $ 18,362 (incl. surcharge)
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