Wolfgang Paalen Austrian, 1905-1959
Portrait d'Einstein, c. 1940-1941
Signed with initials "WP" lower right; inscribed and dated indistinctly 'WP Albert Einstein 1940' on the verso
Oil and fumage on canvas
36 x 28 5/8 in
91.4 x 72.5 cm
91.4 x 72.5 cm
Provenance
Charles Bolles Rogers Collection, Mexico (a gift from the artist).Thence by descent to the present owners.
Exhibitions
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Hommage to Wolfgang Paalen, September – October, 1967.Literature
A. Neufert, Wolfgang Paalen, Im Inneren des Wals: Monografie, Schriften, Oeuvrekatalog, Vienna, 1999, no. 40.13 (illustrated p. 159 & p. 309).45
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