Paul Adolf Seehaus - Wiecker Bote (Ball) - image-1

Lot 501 Dα

Paul Adolf Seehaus - Wiecker Bote (Ball)

Auction 1070 - overview Cologne
03.06.2016, 18:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 7.000 € - 9.000 €
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Paul Adolf Seehaus

Wiecker Bote (Ball)
1913/14

Gouache and India ink over pencil on firm, smooth paper 75.5 x 45.5 cm Framed under glass. Signed 'PASeehaus' and dedicated 'à Charles' within the depiction in black ink lower right. - With narrow brown paper strips applied by the artist along the edges, partially painted.

The person shown at the centre, with a black shock of hair, round spectacles and a cigarette is Rudi Börsch, an editor of the progressive magazine “Wiecker Bote”, published from mid-1913 to mid-1914. Börsch was also acquainted with Paul Adolf Seehaus. The dedication “à Charles” refers to a press event held by the editorial team in the fishing village of Wieck on the Baltic Sea which was also attended by Seehaus and where Börsch gave his name as 'Charles de Rouen'.

Catalogue Raisonné

Not recorded by Dering

Certificate

Accompanied by a photo-certificate by Peter Dering, Bonn, dated 15 October 2014. The work will be included in the supplement of the catalogue raisonné of works by Paul Adolf Seehaus.

Provenance

Gift of the artist to the previous owner;Family possession since, Hesse