Title: |
Entwurf fur ein Nurnberger Kissen (Design for a Nuremberg Cusion) |
Artist: |
Wunderlich, Paul (Berlin, Born, 1927 - Resides, Hamburg) |
Date: |
1970 |
Medium: |
Original Lithograph |
Edition: |
Limited edition of seventy five impressions, numbered '14/75' |
Note: |
Paul Wunderlich: A Leading German painter,
printmaker and sculptor, Paul Wunderlich studied art at the Landeskunstschule
in Hamburg (1947-1951), under Willi Titze and Willem Grimm. His first one
man exhibition of art took place in Lubeck, Germany, in 1949. Since that
time his paintings and lithographs have been the subject of numerous solo
exhibitions in such far ranging countries as Japan, the United States, Finland,
New Zealand, Italy and England. Wunderlich's original lithographs have won
such awards as the Deutsche Kunstpreis de Jugend fur Grafik, Mannheim (1960),
the Gold Medal, Florence, (1970), the Gold Medal, Print Biennale, Listowell,
Ireland (1978), and the Prize for Art at the Graphic Art Museum, Kamakura,
Tokyo. |
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Paul Wunderlich began devoting a great deal of his efforts
to the art of lithography when he lived and worked in Paris from 1960 to
1963. Upon his return to Germany in 1963 he accepted the post of Professor
at the Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Hamburg. Today the lithographs of
Paul Wunderlich are found in many major, international collections, including,
the British Museum, London, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Bibliotheque
Nationale, Paris, the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, the Museum Boysmans
van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Museum Atheneum, Helsinki, Landesmuseum, Hannover,
and Staatsgalerie fur Moderne Kunst, Munich. Paul Wunderlich currently both
lives and works in Hamburg and in the South of France. |
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Paul Wunderlich's first lithographs and paintings were composed
in an abstract style. During the early 1960's, however, he adopted the more
surrealist style for which his art has become famous. Sexuality and sensuality
lie at the core of his often unsettling but always challenging art. Through
both distortion and dream-like imagery he has created a symbolically potent
world of his own, such as this original lithograph. "Entwurf fur ein Nurnberger Kissen" loosely
translates to (Design for a Nuremberg Cusion). |
Raisonne: |
Carsten Riediger, Paul Wunderlich. Werkzeichnis der Druckgraphic
1948 - 1982, Volker Huber, Leinen, 1983. Riediger #378, First and
only state as published in the limited edition of 75 impressions in
1970. |
Provenance: |
"Entwurf fur ein Nurnberger Kissen" was formerly in
the collection of Roger Trlak and bearing his inventory
number, 'T-519', on the verso. Roger Trlak (1934-1975) established the commercial
art company of Martin-Trlak in Chicago. In 1972 he also opened the RST Gallery
in Scottsdale, Arizona where he exhibited not only his own large collection
of mostly contemporary art but also held important exhibitions of many modern
artists. These Included such major American and international printmakers
as Joseph Hirsch, Luigi Lucioni and Paul Wunderlich. Among Trlak's closest
friends in the arts community were Raphael Soyer, Ivan Albright and Hans
Burkhardt. Their original prints and paintings were constantly exhibited
at the RST Gallery until it was closed in 1975 due to Trlak's untimely death. |
Size: |
30 X 22 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height
preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
Condition: |
Printed upon "Arches" watermarked paper and with
full, deckled margins as published in Germany in 1970. Signed in pencil
by the artist and numbered '14/75' along the lower margin. A finely printed
impression and in excellent condition throughout. Entwurf fur ein Nurnberger
Kissen represents a prime example of the famous lithographic art of
Paul Wunderlich. |
Price: |
Sold - The price is no longer available. |
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