Friedrich Arthur Wittig, Surrealist greeting card
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1949
Friedrich Arthur Wittig, German 1894-1962 - Surrealist greeting card, 1949; gouache on postcard, signed, dated and dedicated along lower edge 'To Joella and Herbert Bayer for a happy new year and good luck in 1949 - Arthur Wittig', 13.8 x 9 cm (mounted/unframed) (ARR) Provenance: Herbert and Joella Bayer, gifted by the artist; The Bayer Family Collection Note: much of Wittig’s earlier work was tragically lost during the war, but from the late 1940s he developed a language of figurative abstraction inspired by the great modern artists of the era.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- gouache on postcard
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 13.8 x 9 cm
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 204140532
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.