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Lot 303 D

Werner Gilles - Der Geiger

Auction 1043 - overview Cologne
28.11.2014, 18:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 2.600 €
Result: 3.224 € (incl. premium)

Werner Gilles

Der Geiger
Circa 1949

Watercolour on laid paper 59 x 47 cm Framed under glass. Unsigned. - The colours very fresh, the paper slightly browned. A short tear to the lower margin.

A similar watercolour from this series was made in 1949 entitled "Der Geiger I" (cf. full-page colour illustration in exhib. cat.: Werner Gilles, Akademie der Künste Berlin 1962, p. 47).

Certificate

We would like to thank Marlis Schwengers Zilkens, Cologne, for her kind confirmatory information.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist; since then in family possession, Rhineland