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JOSEPH PRESSMANE(Beresteko 1904 - 1967 France)
Le bleu de la lune. 1933.
Oil on masonite.
Signed lower left: J. Pressmane.
78 x 54 cm.
Provenance: Private collection, Switzerland.
CHF 6 000 / 10 000
(€ 5 560 / 9 260)
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GUILLERMOWIEDEMANN(Munich 1905 - 1969 Key Biscayne)
Untitled. 1940.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated lower left: W. E. Wie-
demann / 1940. Inscribed lower right:
MELGAR.
80 x 60 cm.
Provenance: Private collection, Germany.
Wilhelm Egon Wiedemann was born in Mu-
nich in 1905. After his work was deemed
degenerate art and he became a victim of
sanctions, he fled to Colombia.
His first exhibition in his new homeland
was held in 1940, which was an immediate
success.
Over the following decades, he managed
to become one of the country’s most
significant artists. He was heavily influ-
enced by his tropical surroundings and his
depictions became increasingly non-
representational. As you can see from
our wonderful painting, his abstracts are
derived fromwild, rainforest landscapes.
We see a mother and her child amid an
impressive scenery of large, sturdy trees.
The inscription in the bottom right pro-
bably refers to Melgar, a town just outside
Bogotá, which today is a popular recreati-
on area for residents of the big city.
CHF 9 000 / 14 000
(€ 8 330 / 12 960)