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WOLS - WOLS: Masque rouge. WOLS 1913 Berlin - 1951 Paris Title: Masque rouge. Date: 1940. Technique: Watercolour and India ink on vellum. Measurement: 31,5 x 24cm. Notation: Signed lower right: WOLS. Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Not examined out of the frame. This work is accompanied by a certificate from Dr Ewald Rathke, Frankfurt am Main, dated 26 April 2023. Provenance: - Michel Couturier, Paris - Louise Parsons, Palm Beach - Christie's, London, 1st July 2010, lot 217 - Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 374th auction, 4th December 2010, lot 43 - Private collection Germany Literature: - Chiba, Shigeo: L'Oeuvre de Wols, University of Paris I, Paris 1974, p. 165 - Gutbrod, Philipp: Wols. Die Arbeiten auf Papier (catalogue raisonné), dissertation Heidelberg University, Heidelberg 2003, cat. rais. no. A 154, ill. - Work of outstanding quality from a long-standing private collection - Exciting composition with a stimulating surreal scenery - Outstanding poetic unicum Explanations to the Catalogue WOLS (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze) Germany Nouvelle École de Paris Tachism Post-War Art Modern Art 1940s Framed. Not examined out of the frame Figure / Figures Works on paper Watercolour Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction.