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Kurt Seligmann
American, born Switzerland, 1900-1962

Kurt Seligmann American, born Switzerland, 1900-1962

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Kurt Seligmann, Le génie de la conviction, 1943
Kurt Seligmann, Le génie de la conviction, 1943

Kurt Seligmann American, born Switzerland, 1900-1962

Le génie de la conviction, 1943
Mixed media on masonite
46 x 58 in
116.8 x 147.3 cm
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Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Kurt Seligmann, Evocation, 1955
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Kurt Seligmann, Evocation, 1955
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Provenance

Sale, Guy Loudmer, Hotel Drouot Paris, 26th November 1990, lot 85
Arteba Galerie, Zurich
Acquired from the above in 2008
Sale, Sotheby's, London, June 22, 2012, lot 323

Exhibitions

Mexico City, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Exposicion. 21 pinturas de Kurt Seligmann, 1943
Bozen, Museion, Das Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst, Dimension Schweiz 1915-1993, 1993, illustrated in the catalogue
Zurich, Arteba Galerie, Kurt Seligmann, Jubiläums-Ausstellung zum 100. Geburtstag des Künstlers, 2000, illustrated in the catalogue
Basel, Galerie Carzaniga, Aus privaten Sammlungen, 2011, illustrated in the catalogue
Potsdam, Enchanted Modernity: Surrealism and Magic, Museum Barberini, October 22, 2022 - January 29, 2023, Illustrated p. 203 no. 73

Literature

Stephan E. Hauser, Kurt Seligmann 1900-1962 – Leben und Werk, Basel, 1997, no. 217, illustrated p. 248
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