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Wols

?–1951

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Artworks (7)

L'Inachevée

1951 · Oil on canvas

130 × 96.8 cm (51 3/16 × 38 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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gelatin silver print · 1938

Portrait of a Woman

1938 · gelatin silver print

Image: 22.2 x 25.8 cm (8 3/4 x 10 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Constellation

1937 · Watercolor and pen and black ink, with orange and yellow crayon, graphite and touches of pink pencil, on pale green wove paper with blue fibers

35.9 × 27 cm (14 3/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Strange Boat

1935 · Pen and black ink and watercolor on off-white wove paper

33.5 × 26.3 cm (13 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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gelatin silver print, ferrotyped · 1933

Posts

1933 · gelatin silver print, ferrotyped

Image: 29.6 x 24.2 cm (11 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.); Mounted: 31 x 25.1 cm (12 3/16 x 9 7/8 in.); Paper: 29.9 x 24.2 cm (11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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gelatin silver print · 1932

Antique Seller, Paris

1932 · gelatin silver print

Image: 23.4 x 17.2 cm (9 3/16 x 6 3/4 in.); Paper: 23.7 x 17.2 cm (9 5/16 x 6 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Composition with Gallows

1930 · Watercolor, and pen and black ink, on gray laid paper with red and black fibers

23.2 × 31.5 cm (9 3/16 × 12 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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7 published of 41 catalogued · 4 with image

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Portrait of a Woman
1938 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Posts
1933 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Antique Seller, Paris
1932 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Wols, Désirs de liberté (Freiheitsdrang), 1940

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Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

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City of Westminster, United Kingdom

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