Art (1945-contemporary) > Figurative Painting (40s-60s ) Max Peiffer Watenphul - Biography

Früchtestilleben mit Amphora. 1966.
Oil on burlap.
Monogrammed in the lower left. 53 x 100 cm (20.8 x 39.3 in).
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• Max Peiffer Watenphul is known primarily for his arresting still lifes and landscapes.
• A wonderful synthesis of traditional and modern still life painting in the artist's unmistakable style.
• The painting featured in the artist's solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Darmstadt as early as 1972.
PROVENANCE: Private collection.
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinnate.
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinnate (inherited from the above).
EXHIBITION: Max Peiffer Watenphul. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Kunsthalle, Darmstadt, July 1 - August 20, 1972, cat. no. 83 (illustrated on p. 59).
Max Peiffer Watenphul, Kunstsalon Wolfsberg, Zürich, May 2 - June 1, 1974, cat. no. 23.
Max Peiffer Watenphul. Ölbilder, Aquarelle, Lithos, Galerie Hella Nebelung, Düsseldorf, October 8 - November 12, 1974.
LITERATURE: Grace Watenphul Pasqualucci, Alessandra Pasqualucci, Max Peiffer Watenphul. Catalogue raisonné, vol. 1: Gemälde - Aquarelle, Cologne 1989, CR no. G 755 (illustrated in black-and-white).
In good condition. Peiffer Watenphul applied the paint onto the unprimed canvas. Very few minimal paint losses and rubbed spots. A small hole in the canvas at the center of the right edge of the stretcher, outside the image and not visible when framed.
The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of a UV light source and to the best of our knowledge and belief.
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