Walter Dexel - Lenin - image-1

Lot 302 D

Walter Dexel - Lenin

Auction 1121 - overview Cologne
30.11.2018, 17:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €

Walter Dexel

Lenin
Circa 1933/1970

Tempera and India ink over pencil on firm card 65 x 50 cm Unsigned. According to Walter Vitt, Cologne, and Ruth Wöbkemeier, Bremen, this is a hitherto unknown second version of the work from 1933 (Wöbkemeier 414), which might have been used in the context of a serigraph edition with the same title from 1970 (Vitt 43). - Rubbing and occasional soiling especially towards the margins. The card with some superficial defects in the area of the corners as well as in lower margin.

Catalogue Raisonné

Cf. Wöbkemeier 414

Certificate

We would like to thank Walter Vitt, Cologne, and Ruth Wöbkemeier, Bremen, for additional information and scientific consultation.

Provenance

Private possession, Lower Saxony