Dado
1933 - 2010
Oui Herr von Shlump. 1958.
Mixed media on paper. Color pen, color chalk, and watercolor.
Signed and dated in the lower right. Titled in the image. On sturdy wove paper by Fidelis MBM Arches (with watermark). 75 x 108 cm (29.5 x 42.5 in), the full sheet.
Verso mit einer Aquarellskizze.
• Dado combines surrealist dream logic with political allegory.
• In Germany, for example, the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf presented a solo exhibition titled “Dado. Danse Macabre” in 2012.
• Dado participated in documenta III (1964) and documenta 6 (1977) in Kassel.
• Provenance: Daniel Cordier—the gallerist and art lover donated parts of his Art Brut collection to the Centre Pompidou.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris.
Private collection.

"Dado is the master of a 'new humanization'. This is no 'plastic problem'; it calls for heart, as well as a dose of genius."
Daniel Cordier, Huit ans d’agitation, Galerie Daniel Cordier, 1964 (https://www.dado.virtual.anti.museum/daniel-cordier, accessed October 8, 2026).

In good condition. The paper is slightly yellowed and shows a few minor signs of handling. There is a professionally reinforced tear (30 mm) along the lower left edge of the sheet, and the left outer corner of the sheet has also been professionally rebacked.
For information concerning the condition, please view the high resolution image / backside image.