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Lot #6021 - Wolfgang P Wolff

  • Auction House:
    Theodore Bruce
  • Sale Name:
    Timed Online Auction | Art | Australian & International
  • Sale Date:
    16 Nov 2020 ~ 6pm (AEDT)
  • Lot #:
    6021
  • Lot Description:
    Wolfgang P Wolff
    (1909-1994) USA
    Tahiti
    Woodcut
    18 x 13.2 cm plate, 21.5 x 16.4 cm sheet, unframed
    Signed lower left; Monogrammed upper left; Titled lower right
  • Notes:
    The artist fled Nazi Germany in 1934, with his wife, to Tahiti, via Martinique & the Panama Canal, hoping to start a vanilla plantation. However, he was unable to pursue this ambition & turned to art instead. One of his first exhibitions was at the Bouganiville in Papeete, exhibiting also in Australia, Argentina & the US. He was imprisoned in 1939 because of his German birth & remained there until 1945, his wife smuggling art supplies in to allow him to continue his art & support his family. The family was sponsored to the US in 1948, exhibiting in California into the 1980s & 1990s, & turnin his talents to textile design. Continuing to exhibit his work The artist died in Los Angeles. https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/4017/Wolff/Wolfgang
  • Estimate:
    A$200 - 400
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Art

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