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3085 - WALTER KURT WIEMKEN
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WALTER KURT WIEMKEN (1907 Basel 1940) The Prisoner. 1938. Oil and tempera on board. Monogrammed, dated, and signed upper right: W.K.W 38 W.K. Wiemken. 35.5 × 29 cm. Provenance: - Private collection of Dr. Jacqueline Ziegler, Oberwil. - Private collection of Frithjof R. Fehse, Basel. - Auction Beurret & Bailly, Basel, June 22, 2016, lot 322. - Private collection, Switzerland, acquired at the above auction. Exhibited: - Basel 1939, Group 33, Galerie Schulthess, January 14–18, 1939, no. 8. - Basel 1941, Memorial Exhibition for Walter Kurt Wiemken, Kunsthalle Basel, May 10–June 2, 1941, no. 127. - Thun 1981, Walter Kurt Wiemken Exhibition, Art Collection of the City of Thun, June 18–August 16, 1981 (verso with label). Bibliography: - Georg Schmidt: “Walter Kurt Wiemken. His Path and His Essence,” in: Walter Kurt Wiemken 1907–1940, Basel 1942. - Helene Sartorius and Klaus Krieg: “Catalog of Works,” in: Walter Kurt Wiemken 1907–1940, Basel 1942, no. 507. - Rudolf Hanhart: Walter Kurt Wiemken. The Complete Works, Zurich 1979, p. 407, no. 977.
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