Henri Pierre Roché, Dieulefit (acquired directly from the artist)
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris
Monique Couturier, Paris
Galerie Michel Couturier, Paris

Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, Wols: Gouaches de la collection Henri-Pierre Roché, 1964
Paris, Galerie Michel Couturier et Cie., Wols: Cités et Navires, 1967, no. 5
Munich, Modern Art Museum, Sammlung Gunter Sachs, 1967, illustrated
Leipzig, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Gunter Sachs, 2008

Shigeo Chiba, L'Oeuvre de Wols, Thèse pour le doctorat d'Université de Paris, Paris 1974
Philipp Gutbrod, Wols (1913-1951) – Die Arbeiten auf Papier, Heidelberg 2003, no. A361

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is deeper and richer in the original work where the orange tones tend more to a rose pink. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is a light undulation to the sheet, inherent to the artist's choice of medium and working process. The sheet is securely hinged to a backing board in several places at the reverse. Upon very close inspection, there is a tiny repaired tear to the centre of the top edge.
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