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William Ernst Hermann Wauer artwork • statue • sculpture • previously for sale Twofoldness (Ecstasy)

Wauer W.E.H.  | William Ernst Hermann Wauer, Twofoldness (Ecstasy), bronze 25.8 x 19.0 cm, signed on the base and executed in 1919

William Ernst Hermann Wauer

Twofoldness (Ecstasy)
bronze 25.8 x 19.0 cm, signed on the base and executed in 1919

This sculpture was previously for sale.

Provenance: Carl Lászlo, Bazel, Zwitserland, van wie verworven door de vorige eigenaren, Albert en Elisabeth Hoh, Fürth, Duitsland.
Literature: tent.cat. Keulen, Duitsland, Museum Ludwig, 'Die Expressionisten, Vom Aufbruch bis zur Verfremdung', 1996, cat.nr. 411 (met afb. 334); Beate Reese, 'Liebe. Love - PAARE', Bielefeld 2007, afb. pag. pag. 56.
Exhibited: Keulen, Duitsland, Museum Ludwig, 'Die Expressionisten, Vom Aufbruch bis zur Verfremdung', juni-aug. 1996; 'Liebe. Love - PAARE: Von Munch bis Warhol', Würzburg, Duitsland, 20 okt. 2007-3 febr. 2008/Hamm, Duitsland, Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, 24 febr.-1 juni 2008/Ulm, Duitsland, Ulmer Museum, 14 sept.-23 nov. 2008.

William Wauer was a versatile person: filmmaker, theater director, art critic, publisher, illustrator and sculptor. He studied at academies in Dresden, Berlin and Munich, and subsequently lived in San Francisco, New York, Vienna, Rome, Leipzig, Dresden and Berlin, among others. In 1912 he exhibited his work in the famous Sturmgalerie of Herwarth Walden in Berlin, which introduced many expressionists. Wauer became director of Der Sturm and in 1924 chairman of the Internationale Vereinigung der Expressionisten, Cubisten, Futuristen und Konstruktivisten, as well as Die Abstrakten. He gave many radio lectures on art and was the publisher of numerous art books. As a visual artist, Wauer was mainly known as a portraitist. The bust of Walden is an icon of expressionist sculpture. Wauer's sculptures are characterized by moving lines and an expressive design.


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