Walter Dexel - Skizzenheft 1923 IV - image-1
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Lot 327 N

Walter Dexel - Skizzenheft 1923 IV

Auction 1090 - overview Cologne
31.05.2017, 18:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 2.000 €
Result: 2.728 € (incl. premium)

Walter Dexel

Skizzenheft 1923 IV
1923

Booklet cover (light card) with 2 loose sketch sheets inside. Each pencil compositions on drawing paper 21.2 x 17.3 cm resp. 21.2 x 16.2 cm One sheet dated and inscribed '1923 XII' in pencil under a composition and with various dimensions. - The label on the front of the cover additionally abstractly overdrawn in pencil, inscribed most probably by the artist "von der Leyen" in the composition; the booklet dated and inscribed '1923 IV' in pen upper right. - The formerly blue cover faded brown on the front, the fold pasted over with adhesive tape. Traces of age and usage (traces of colour and studio traces). The sheets each with traces of the thread stitching in the left margin resp. one fold with cropped fragments of text in black pen.

According to Ruth Wöbkemeier, some of the pencil annotations could have been added by Walter Dexel at a later time when reviewing his early sketch books.
Individual compositions seem to be preparatory stages of watercolours such as "1923 XII" and "23 XV oder Rote Senkrechte" (Wöbkemeier 221, 224); one oil painting "Figuration 1923 XIV" also shows related concepts (Wöbkemeier 224). The sketches with triangles refer to the composition variants "Mit gelbem Dreieck" and "Mit blauem Dreieck auf Schwarz" respectively (Wöbkemeier 227, 233).

Certificate

We would like to thank Ruth Wöbkemeier, Bremen, for kind supplementary advice.

Provenance

Galleria Castelnuovo (Trudi Neuburg-Coray), Ascona (acquired there early 1980s); private possession since, Switzerland