Paul Wunderlich (1927-2010) - Madame Récamier

From my parents’ estate, here is a color lithograph by Paul Wunderlich titled "Madame Récamier" up for auction.

The lithograph depicts a surrealist nude of a lady with a cigarette on a recamier. The print is titled and signed by the artist and has a limited edition of 1000 prints; this is number 645/1000.
The print was produced in Switzerland on handmade paper (embossed stamp and to the left). The work comes unframed. Condition is age-appropriate; the pictures are part of the object description.
The object is listed in the artist’s catalog raisonné (see photo).

In the coming weeks I will auction additional works by Paul Wunderlich and other artists (including Christian Mischke, Karl Korab, Ida Kerkovius, Fernand Léger, Arik Brauer, and Václav Maca) from my parents’ estate.

Shipping information:

The artwork will be shipped insured. Shipping is done rolled. Shipment only within the EU. Pick-up in Berlin is possible by arrangement.

About the artist:

Paul Wunderlich (born March 10, 1927 in Eberswalde; died June 6, 2010 in Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols, Provence) was a German painter, draftsman, sculptor, and graphic artist. In his neo-surrealist paintings and sculptures he mainly explored erotic and mythological themes.

In 1947 he became a student at the University of the Arts in Hamburg, where he enrolled in the Free Graphics class with Willi Titze. His classmates included Horst Janssen and Reinhard Drenkhahn. After a break he resumed his studies in 1950, which he completed in 1951 with Willem Grimm.
He subsequently worked as a lecturer at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts (HfbK) for lithography and etching techniques. Also in 1951 he prepared for Emil Nolde ("Der König und seine Mannen", etching) and in 1952 for Oskar Kokoschka the graphic suite "Ann Eliza Reed" with eleven lithographs.
After an early, essentially realistic productive phase, from about 1959 he developed the characteristic style for him. His early works show fragmented, disproportionate bodies against empty backgrounds.
In 1963 he returned to Hamburg and became (until 1968) professor at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts (HfbK) as a successor to Georg Gresko, and began in 1969, influenced by Salvador Dalí, to create sculptures and plaster works in bronze.
Wunderlich lived and worked in Hamburg and Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols (Provence), where he died in 2010 after a short illness.
- Source: Wikipedia