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Max Peiffer Watenphul
Bei Sibari, 1960.
Oil
Starting bid: € 6,300 / $ 7,308
Bei Sibari. 1960.
Oil on burlap.
Monogrammed, dated "62" and titled in the upper right. 90 x 64.5 cm (35.4 x 25.3 in).
[MH].

• Max Peiffer-Watenphul's idyllic Italian landscapes are an expression of a mindset that draws on the ideals of beauty from bygone eras.
• As a student at the Bauhaus in 1919, Peiffer Watenphul attended the class of Johannes Itten and became friends with Oskar Schlemmer, Wassily Kandinsky, and Josef Albers.

• In 2023, the Casa di Goethe in Rome dedicated an exhibition to Peiffer Watenphul
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PROVENANCE: Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate.
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (inherited from the above).

EXHIBITION: Max Peiffer Watenphul. Opere dal 1921 al 1964, Studio d'Arte Contemporanea La Medusa, Rome, February 1965.
Max Peiffer Watenphul, Deutsche Akademie Villa Massimo, Rome, March 15 -25, 1967.
Max Peiffer Watenphul. Dipinti, acquarelli, litografie, Galleria Adelphi, Padua, November 8 - 21, 1969.

LITERATURE: Grace Watenphul Pasqualucci, Alessandra Pasqualucci, Max Peiffer Watenphul. Catalogue raisonné, vol. 1: Gemälde - Aquarelle, Cologne 1989, CR no. G 669 (illustrated).
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G. R. Hocke, Ein klassischer Romantiker. Erfolg für Max Peiffer Watenphul in Rom, in: Speculum Artis, issue 6, 1965 (illustrated onn p. 26).
G. R. Hocke, Max Peiffer Watenphul. Persönlichkeit, Leben, Werk, Stuttgart 1976 (illustratted on p. 51).

In good condition. Peiffer Watenphul applied the paint to the unprimed canvas. Slightly soiled.
The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of a UV light source and to the best of our knowledge and belief.






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