MARKUS RAETZ (Büren 1941–2020 Bern) Eva. 1970. Lot of 3 watercolour on paper. 2 sheets monogrammed lower right: M.R. Each 20.5 × 30 cm (framed 51.5 × 127.5 cm). The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Estate of Markus Raetz, October 2022. We thank the Estate of Markus Raetz for their kind assistance. Provenance: - Galerie Farideh Cadot, Paris (verso with the label). - Purchased from the above by the present owner in 1990, since then private collection Europe. "Markus Raetz is a born draughtsman, flâneur of the world of perception, master visionary and explorer on a lifelong expedition into the realm of the visible." Anita Haldemann

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