LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on glass

Measurements:

14.76 in. (37.50 cm.) (height) by 14.76 in. (37.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed W. Dexel and dated 26 (lower right); signed W Dexel, titled, inscribed Vorsicht! zerbrechlich Hinterglasbild and dated 26 (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Bonn, Stadtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn,. Bilder, Grafik, angewandte Kunst, 1973, no. 87, illustrated in the catalogue. Hanover, Kestner-Gessellschaft,. Walter Dexel , 1974, no. 46, illustrated in the catalogue. Ulm, Ulmer Museum & Munster, Westfalisches Landesmuseum fur Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, . Walter Dexel: Bilder, Aquarelle, Collagen, Leuchtreklame, Typografie, 1979, no. 139. Cologne, Galerie Stolz,. Schöne Tage im Hause Dexel: das Gästebuch, 1990, no. 17, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Literature:

Ruth Wöbkemeier, . W. Dexel, Bild Zeichen Raum (exhibition catalogue), Bremen, 1991, n.p. Ruth Wöbkemeier, Walter Vitt, Walter Dexel & Werner Hofmann, . Walter Dexel Werkverzeichnis , Neustadt, 1998, no. 319, illustrated p. 254 & in color on the front cover

Provenance:

Estate of the artist. Bernhard Dexel, Hamburg (the artist's son; by descent from the above). Carl Laszlo, Basel. Sale: Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, June 7, 2000, lot 109. Barry Friedman, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner . circa 2005