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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 24, 2015 | Dorotheum | Vienna | Modern Art | 531 | $****** - ****** | Bateau Ivre |
Works on Paper
15.4 x 23.2 cm (6.06 x 9.13 in)
india ink, watercolor, top coat, grattage
signed Wols, inscribed «Fait a l’hotel Louisiane 60 Rue de Seine 1949, M. Alessandri Fachetti» on the reverse 6 (label on the back) on )
L. Bourdon Collection, Paris. World House Gallery, New York, Galerie Couturier, Paris, archive no. 653 (label on the back), Galerie Bonnier, Geneve, archive no. A20406 (label on the back),
Private Collection, Tokyo Galleria Ippolito Simmonis, Turin, (label and stamp on the back) Molina Collection, Pavia. European
Private Collection.
Stuttgard, Kunstkabinett, R. N. Kettener, Modern Art Auction, 3–4 May 1961, exh. cat no. 491 with ill. Stuttgard, Kunstkabinett, R. N. Ketterer, Modern Art Auction, 3–4 May 1962, exh. cat. no. 477 with ill. Paris, Michel Couturier Gallery, Wols, cités et navires, 15 May - 30 June 1964, exh. cat. no. 35. Stockholm, Svensk-Frannska Konstgalleriet, Wols 1913 – 1951, 27 February - 21 March 1965, exh. cat. no. 35, (label on the back). Nancy, Musée des Beaux Arts, Wols, 6 March - 13April 1970, exh. cat. no. 35. Berlin, National Galerie, Wols 13 September - 5 November 1973, exh. cat. no. 149. Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 19 December 1973 – 5 February 1974, exh. cat. no. 154 (label on the back) Milan, Galleria Nuova Cadario, Wols acquarelli (18 Werke), 9 October - 1 November 1975, exh. cat. no. 6 with ill. Tokyo Fuji Television Gallery, Wols, travelling exhibition, 4 -26 April 1977, exh. cat. no. 30 with ill. (label on the back). Nagoya, Galerie Beaux-Arts 10 – 22 May 1977. Amagasaki, Kulturzentrum, Wols, Druckgraphik 29 - April - 28 May 1978, exh. cat. no. 22 with ill. Zurich, Kunsthaus Zurich, Wols. Bilder. Acquarelle. Zeichnungen. Photographien. Druckgraphik, 24 November 1989 – 11 February 19990, exh. cat. no. 176 (label on the back). Bolzano, Museion, Musei d’arte Moderna, Il giardino delle delizie, 13 March - 31 May 1998, exh. cat. p. 55 with ill. Milan, Fondazione Stelline, Wunderkammer. Meraviglie d’arte in una stanza moderna, June - July 1999, exh. cat. no. 59 with ill. Mantua, Casa del Mantenga, Il mito della velocità. L’arte del movimento. Dal Futurismo alla videoarte, 11 May - 28 September 2003, exh. cat., p. 202 with ill. (label on the back)
Shigeo Chiba, Wols. Thèse pour le doctorat d’Université de Paris I, 27 November 1974, p. 240. Francoise Le Gris-Bergmann, Composantes plastiques et poles référentiels dans l’oeuvre de Wols. Thèse pour le doctorat en arts plastiques et sciences de l’art, Université de Paris I, Panthéon - Sorbonne, 1976, no. 409. Shigeo Chiba, Wols dans les collections japonaises. Dessin, gouache et peinture à l’huile, in ‘L’annuaire du Musée National d’art Modern de Tokyo’, March 1978, p. 110 (A-10), p. 113 with ill. Claire Van Damme, Kunst als catharsis en psychogenese. Het extreem subjectivistisch kunstscheppen van de Duitse surrealistische en informele kunstenaar Wols 1913 – 1951, Gent 1985, no. 339, p. 241 and 342 with ill.
