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Walter Dexel #69,689

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personGerman, 1890–1973
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Selected Works26

Museum Acquisitions

MoMA
Design for airshaft with advertising and telephone booth
Design for airshaft with advertising and telephone booth, 1928
Acquired 2018
Gouache, ink, and pencil on paper, cut-and-pasted on colored paper with gouache and pencil
MoMA
Advertising Clock for Frankfurt-Main (Reklame-Uhr für Frankfurt-Main). Promotional design for Cegold Cigars and Cigarettes
Advertising Clock for Frankfurt-Main (Reklame-Uhr für Frankfurt-Main). Promotional design for Cegold Cigars and Cigarettes, 1927
Acquired 2018
Ink, gouache, and pencil on paper
MoMA
Two White Verticals, 27 XX
Two White Verticals, 27 XX, 1927
Acquired 1985
Gouache, ink, pencil, and watercolor on board
MoMA
Untitled
Untitled, 1926
Acquired 1985
Gouache and pencil on paper
LACMA
Apollo theater
Apollo theater, 1917
Acquired 1983
Woodcut on wove paper
LACMA
Steep street--the beam
Steep street--the beam, 1918
Acquired 1983
Woodcut on wove paper
LACMA
Starry Bridge (Sternenbrücke)
Starry Bridge (Sternenbrücke), 1919
Acquired 1982
Woodcut on Japan paper
MoMA
Street Beside the Old Pagoda of the Yellow Monks. Set design for the play Mann ist Mann (A Man's a Man)
Street Beside the Old Pagoda of the Yellow Monks. Set design for the play Mann ist Mann (A Man's a Man), 1928
Acquired 1973
Gouache on paper
MoMA
The Mountain Fortress. Set design for the play Mann ist Mann (A Man's a Man)
The Mountain Fortress. Set design for the play Mann ist Mann (A Man's a Man), 1928
Acquired 1973
Gouache on paper

Previous Sales

Christie's
Segelschiff
Segelschiff, 1921
£75,600 ($100k USD)
Mar 2025
Christie's
Ohne Titel
Ohne Titel, 1964
£18,900 ($25k USD)
Mar 2025
Sotheby's
Komposition mit schwarzer Senkrechte
Komposition mit schwarzer Senkrechte, 1966
Sold
Nov 2023
Sotheby's
Kleiner Viadukt
Kleiner Viadukt , 1919
€20,000 ($22k USD)
Nov 2023
Sotheby's
Bandwerk II geschlossen (Closed Strapwork II)
Bandwerk II geschlossen (Closed Strapwork II) , 1965
Sold
Mar 2023
Sotheby's
Im Bois de St. Cloud (In the Bois de St. Cloud)
Im Bois de St. Cloud (In the Bois de St. Cloud) , 1914
€24,000 ($33k USD)
Sep 2022
Christie's
Collage auf rotem Grund
Collage auf rotem Grund, 1926
£20,160 ($27k USD)
Mar 2022
Christie's
Die Rückkehr des verlorenen Sohnes (Der Verweis des Vaters; Der Verweis des älteren Bruders; Die Mutter; Das Zwiegespräch mit dem älteren Bruder)
Die Rückkehr des verlorenen Sohnes (Der Verweis des Vaters; Der Verweis des älteren Bruders; Die Mutter; Das Zwiegespräch mit dem älteren Bruder), 1928
£16,380 ($22k USD)
Mar 2022
Christie's
1922 VIII A
1922 VIII A, 1922
£231,250 ($305k USD)
Jul 2021
Christie's
D er S chwarzhändler or Der Gangster, Der Schieber, Der Bootlegger
D er S chwarzhändler or Der Gangster, Der Schieber, Der Bootlegger, 1930
£35,000 ($46k USD)
Jul 2021
Christie's
Ohne Titel
Ohne Titel, 1969
£22,500 ($30k USD)
Jul 2021
Sotheby's
K
K, 1963
£27,000 ($45k USD)
Jun 2021
Christie's
Segelschiff I
Segelschiff I, 1922
£671,250 ($886k USD)
Feb 2020
Christie's
Quadrat und Kreis
Quadrat und Kreis
£8,125 ($11k USD)
Feb 2020
Christie's
Figuration rot-rosa-blau
Figuration rot-rosa-blau, 1923
£32,500 ($43k USD)
Jun 2014
Christie's
Kleiner schwarzer Haken
Kleiner schwarzer Haken, 1924
£21,250 ($28k USD)
Jun 2014
Christie's
Figuration in weiß mit zwei roten Quadraten
Figuration in weiß mit zwei roten Quadraten, 1926
£20,000 ($26k USD)
Jun 2014
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Design for airshaft with advertising and telephone booth
Museum of Modern Art · New York City, United States · Acquired 2018 · Accession 425.2018 · Gouache, ink, and pencil on paper, cut-and-pasted on colored paper with gouache and pencil
The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Alice and Tom Tisch, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, David Booth, Marlene Hess…
Advertising Clock for Frankfurt-Main (Reklame-Uhr für Frankfurt-Main). Promotional design for Cegold Cigars and Cigarettes
Museum of Modern Art · New York City, United States · Acquired 2018 · Accession 426.2018 · Ink, gouache, and pencil on paper
The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Alice and Tom Tisch, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, David Booth, Marlene Hess…
Figuration 26A
Museum of Modern Art · New York City, United States · Acquired 1985 · Accession 999.1983 · Oil and enamel on canvas
The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Two White Verticals, 27 XX
Museum of Modern Art · New York City, United States · Acquired 1985 · Accession 873.1983 · Gouache, ink, pencil, and watercolor on board
The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Untitled
Museum of Modern Art · New York City, United States · Acquired 1985 · Accession 872.1983 · Gouache and pencil on paper
The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Ioci
Museum of Modern Art · New York City, United States · Acquired 1985 · Accession 871.1983 · Cut-and-pasted printed papers on board
The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Abstract Composition
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1984 · Accession 1984.1203.191(4) · Woodcut
Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982
Apollo theater
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1983 · Accession 83.1.1393.57 · Woodcut on wove paper
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds
Steep street--the beam
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1983 · Accession 83.1.1393.38 · Woodcut on wove paper
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds
Starry Bridge (Sternenbrücke)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1982 · Accession M.82.288.45 · Woodcut on Japan paper
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Street Beside the Old Pagoda of the Yellow Monks. Set design for the play Mann ist Mann (A Man's a Man)
Museum of Modern Art · New York City, United States · Acquired 1973 · Accession 596.1973 · Gouache on paper
Gift of Dr. Adolf Behne
The Mountain Fortress. Set design for the play Mann ist Mann (A Man's a Man)
Museum of Modern Art · New York City, United States · Acquired 1973 · Accession 595.1973 · Gouache on paper
Gift of Dr. Adolf Behne
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death
Walter Dexel dies
Jan 1, 1973
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birth
Walter Dexel born
Jan 1, 1890