Werner Gilles - Todesengel - image-1

Lot 286 D

Werner Gilles - Todesengel

Auction 1051 - overview Cologne
29.05.2015, 18:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 4.000 €
Result: 4.092 € (incl. premium)

Werner Gilles

Todesengel
Circa 1947

Oil on paper, laid down on card 42.6 x 61.5 cm (43.8 x 62.3 cm) Framed. Signed 'Gilles' lower right. - Minimal marginal defects and minor rubbing.

This composition is very much comparable with the painting "Der Todesengel" (Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen) and is close to the works of the cycle "Klage um das Haupt des Orpheus" (Schwengers G 223, see illus. in: Exhib. cat. Werner Gilles, Träumender und Sehender, Mülheim a.d.R. 2011/2012, p. 96 and p. 80 ff.) which originated later on.

Certificate

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

Provenance

Received directly from the artist by the father of the former owner; Private posession, Hesse