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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 2, 2014 | Bonhams | London | Post-War & Contemporary Art | 2 | $****** - ****** | L'Explosion de la Cathédrale |
Works on Paper
17.5 x 13.5 cm (6.89 x 5.31 in)
watercolour and ink on paper
signed
Acquired directly from the artist by Henri-Pierre Roché, Meudon,Willem Brinkman, The Netherlands,Acquired directly from the above by the previous owner circa 1970,
Thence by descent to the present owner
Paris, Galerie René Drouin, Wols, 1947,Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, Wols: gouaches de la collection Henri-Pierre Roché, 1958,Paris, Galerie Michel Couturier, Wols, 1963,Frankfurt, Frankfurt Kunstverein; Wuppertal, Von-der-Heydt-Museum, Wols - Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Fotos, 1965-1966, n.p., no. 142, illustrated in black and white,Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Wols: Schilderijen, Gouaches, Aquarellen, Tekeningen, 1966, no. 124L'Explosion de la Cathédrale is a classic example of this stylistic composition and anticipates the oil paintings which Wols created upon his return to Paris in 1946. Within Wols' oeuvre this phase has been designated with the terms Art Informel, Tachisme and Lyrical Abstraction. In the L'Explosion de la Cathédrale Wols weaves the compositional structuring of the ink drawing to great extent. Despite this, a clear and considered image structure is visible which is far from chance and improvisation. The Roché Collection was at the Galerie Claude Bernard in 1958, and Henri-Pierre Roché wrote in the catalogue that L'Explosion de la Cathédrale was to be the last watercolour acquired for his collection. Wols himself never titled his works, and the title of this work was given by Henri-Pierre Roché as his personal interpretation
Werner Haftmann, Wols en personne: acquarelles et dessins, Cologne 1963, p. 74, illustrated in colour,Philipp Gutbrod, Wols, Die Arbeiten auf Papier, vol. IV, Heidelberg 2003, n.p., no. A-629, illustrated in black and white
