Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Title:
Adolf Wölfli
Title: Der San Salvathor
Lot 34 at the auction
Creating a Stage: The Collection of Marsha and Robin Williams
in New York
on October 4, 2018.
Lot 34 at the auction Creating a Stage: The Collection of Marsha and Robin Williams in New York on October 4, 2018.
BUY it for: $7.95
(High-Res Derivative Image)
($795,000*0.00001 = $7.95) Estimate: 150,000-200,000 USD
Sold for 795,000 USD
Price Point Value $795,000 USD Auctioned on Oct 4 2018
(High-Res Derivative Image)
($795,000*0.00001 = $7.95) Estimate: 150,000-200,000 USD
Sold for 795,000 USD
Price Point Value $795,000 USD Auctioned on Oct 4 2018
Description & Provenance & Exhibitions & Literature
Adolf Wölfli
1864 - 1930
DER SAN SALVATHOR
graphite, colored pencil and crayon on paper
58 1/2 x 83 in.; 148.6 x 210.8 cm
Executed in 1926.
58 1/2 x 83 in.; 148.6 x 210.8 cm
Executed in 1926.
Provenance
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1990
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1990
Exhibited
New York, American Folk Art Museum, St. Adolf-Giant-Creation: The Art of Adolf Wölfli, February - May 2003, frontispiece, p. 99, illustrated in color
Literature
Elka Spoerri and Daniel Baumann, "St. Adolf-Giant-Creation: The Art of Adolf Wölfli," Folk Art, Vol. 27, No. 4, Winter 2002/2003, cover, p. 47, illustrated in color
