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PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR
ROBERT MICHEL (1897-1983)
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Details
ROBERT MICHEL (1897-1983)
das i, a, á - bildchen
signed with the monogram, dated and inscribed ‘Weimar 1920' (lower centre); annotated throughout; dated and inscribed ‘das i, a, á – bildchen WEIMAR OZ-TU: 1920’ (on the artist’s mount); signed, inscribed and dated again (on the reverse of the mount)
gouache and pen and wash and India and coloured inks, heightened with white, on paper laid down on the artist’s mount
sheet: 10 7⁄8 x 8 5⁄8 in. (27.6 x 21.9 cm.)
artist’s mount: 20 3⁄8 x 18 1⁄8 in. (51.8 x 46 cm.)
Executed in Weimar in 1920
das i, a, á - bildchen
signed with the monogram, dated and inscribed ‘Weimar 1920' (lower centre); annotated throughout; dated and inscribed ‘das i, a, á – bildchen WEIMAR OZ-TU: 1920’ (on the artist’s mount); signed, inscribed and dated again (on the reverse of the mount)
gouache and pen and wash and India and coloured inks, heightened with white, on paper laid down on the artist’s mount
sheet: 10 7⁄8 x 8 5⁄8 in. (27.6 x 21.9 cm.)
artist’s mount: 20 3⁄8 x 18 1⁄8 in. (51.8 x 46 cm.)
Executed in Weimar in 1920
Provenance
Margit Chanin, New York, by 1988, until at least 1999.
Private collection; sale, Karl & Faber, Munich, 30 November 2005, lot 976.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection; sale, Karl & Faber, Munich, 30 November 2005, lot 976.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Hannover, Sprengel Museum, Robert Michel, Collagen, Malerei, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik, Reklame, Typographie, Entwürfe, December 1988 - February 1989, no. 36, p. 46 (illustrated p. 47); this exhibition later travelled to Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, March - April 1989; and Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstverein, June - July 1989.
Brought to you by
Veronica Scarpati
Head of Works on Paper Sale