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PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR
ROBERT MICHEL (1897-1983)
Monsieur Biscaya
Details
ROBERT MICHEL (1897-1983)
Monsieur Biscaya
signed twice with the monogram (lower left and right); annotated throughout; dated and inscribed ‘"Monsieur Biscaya" WINTER 20 Schmelz.’ (on the artist’s mount); signed again and inscribed (on the reverse of the artist's mount)
watercolour and pen and India ink, heightened with white, on paper laid down on the artist’s mount
sheet: 12 x 13 in. (30.5 x 33.1 cm.)
artist’s mount: 20 ¾ x 21 ¾ in. (52.6 x 55.2 cm.)
Executed in Schmelz in Winter 1920
Monsieur Biscaya
signed twice with the monogram (lower left and right); annotated throughout; dated and inscribed ‘"Monsieur Biscaya" WINTER 20 Schmelz.’ (on the artist’s mount); signed again and inscribed (on the reverse of the artist's mount)
watercolour and pen and India ink, heightened with white, on paper laid down on the artist’s mount
sheet: 12 x 13 in. (30.5 x 33.1 cm.)
artist’s mount: 20 ¾ x 21 ¾ in. (52.6 x 55.2 cm.)
Executed in Schmelz in Winter 1920
Provenance
Carl Laszlo, Basel, a gift from the artist in January 1962.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, by 1988.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, by 1988.
Exhibited
Innsbruck, Galerie im Taxispalais, Konstruktive Tendenzen, Zwischen den Weltkriegen, Aus der Sammlung Carl Laszlo, July - August 1971, n.p. (illustrated; with incorrect medium and inverted dimensions).
Hannover, Sprengel Museum, Robert Michel, Collagen, Malerei, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik, Reklame, Typographie, Entwürfe, December 1988 - February 1989, no. 44, pp. 18 & 58 (illustrated p. 59); this exhibition later travelled to Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, March - April 1989, and Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstverein, June - July 1989.
Hannover, Sprengel Museum, Robert Michel, Collagen, Malerei, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik, Reklame, Typographie, Entwürfe, December 1988 - February 1989, no. 44, pp. 18 & 58 (illustrated p. 59); this exhibition later travelled to Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, March - April 1989, and Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstverein, June - July 1989.
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