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Werner Drewes, Street Scene Paris, 1929

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:4,000.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD
Werner Drewes, Street Scene Paris, 1929
<B>WERNER DREWES (American, 1899-1985)</B></I><BR><I>Street Scene Paris</B></I>, 1929<BR>Oil on canvas<BR>18-1/2 x 13 inches (47.0 x 33.0 cm)<BR>Signed with monogram and dated lower left: <I>2 WD 9</B></I><BR>Signed with monogram and dated verso: <I>2 WD 9</B></I><BR> Inscribed verso in the artist's hand on the stretcher: <I>Drewes / Streetscene, Paris / $30 / W. Drewes / 438 E. 50</B></I><BR>Shipper's label verso: <I>Gustav Knauer, Berlin</B></I><BR><BR>PROVENANCE:<BR>Mr. and Mrs. CEO Sales, 568 Liberty Street, Newburgh, New York (inscribed on stretcher).<BR><BR>Werner Drewes produced this painting the same year he completed his training at the Bauhaus in Dessau where he had studied there and in Weimar under Paul Klee, Wassily Kadinsky, and Lynel Feininger. This painting shows a powerful artistic debt to the work of Paul Klee. Drewes emigrated to the United States in 1930 where he worked for seven years in New York before settling permanently in Saint Louis.<B>Condition Report:</B> Original unprimed canvas and stretcher, in artist's original frame, scattered minor losses and craquelure consistent with technique and age.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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