Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors and Drawings, Prints and Multiples
Monday, 23 November 2015, 06:00 pm
Lot 71
Varlin, 1900-1977 (CH)
Polizist in Birmingham, 1955
Oil on canvas.
H 675 mm W 1375 mm.
(Frame). Signed lower left: VARLIN.
Titled lower right: BIRMINGHAM.
Verso signed, dated and titled: BIRMINGHAM, février 55, VARLIN 1955.
| CHF | 50'000 / 80'000 |
| EUR | 45'000 / 70'000 |
| USD | 50'000 / 84'000 |
Hammer Price: CHF 46'000
Annotation:
Provenance:
Villa Ulmberg, Zurich, December 1976, Lot No. 389;
Germann Auktionshaus, Zurich, 10. November 1982, Lot No. 17;
Swiss private property.
Literature:
René Groebli, Gotthard Schuh. Varlin.
Zurich, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 15th November 1958. Illustration.
Paola Tedeschi-Pellanda, Patrizia Guggenheim.
Varlin, Werkverzeichnis der Bilder. Zürich/Frankfurt, Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess AG, 2000.
No. 824, illustration.