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Henri Ernst Pfeiffer

The notion of rhythm is a plastic value that concerns both the movements of man and those of nature. P. Klee

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Henri Ernst Pfeiffer was born in 1907 in Kassel (Germany). He comes from a family that has a dozen painters in his family tree. He studied anatomical drawing at the sculptor Carl Menser at the University of Bonn, then joined the Weimar Bauhaus at the age of 17 where he becomes a student of Paul Klee. He created many abstract works with a renewed vision of the use and perception of colors. Very young, he...

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Single work Original signed watercolour de  : Abstract composition XX
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1930 Watercolour, monogrammed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. On the back, certified by the artist in 1959. Without
Single work Original signed watercolour de  : Abstract composition XIX
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1929 Watercolour, monogrammed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. On the back, certified by the artist in 1959. Without
Single work Original signed watercolour de  : Abstract composition XVIII
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1928 Watercolour, monogrammed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. On the back, certified by the artist in 1961. Without
Single work Original signed watercolour de  : Abstract composition XVII
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1933 Watercolour, monogrammed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. On the back, certified by the artist in 1961. Without
Single work Original signed watercolour de  : Abstract composition XVI
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1931 Watercolour, monogrammed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. On the back, certified by the artist in 1959. Without
Single work Original signed watercolour de  : Abstract composition XV
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1931 Watercolour, monogrammed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. On the back, certified by the artist in 1959. Without
Single work Original signed watercolour de  : Abstract composition XIV
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1929 Watercolour, monogrammed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. On the back, certified by the artist in 1959. Without
Single work Original signed watercolour de  : Abstract composition XIII
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1930 Watercolour, monogrammed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. On the back, certified by the artist in 1959. Without
Single work Original signed watercolour de  : Abstract composition XII
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1933 Watercolour, monogrammed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. On the back, certified by the artist in 1961. Without
Single work Original signed watercolour de  : Abstract composition XI
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1931 Watercolour, monogrammed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. On the back, certified by the artist in 1961. Without
Single work Original signed watercolour de  : Abstract composition X
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1929 Watercolour, monogrammed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. On the back, certified by the artist in 1961. Without
Single work Original signed watercolour de  : Abstract composition IX
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1929 Watercolour, monogrammed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. On the back, certified by the artist in 1961. Without
Single work Original signed watercolour de  : Abstract composition VIII
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1930 Watercolour, monogrammed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. On the back, certified by the artist in 1961. Without
Single work Original signed watercolour de  : Abstract composition VII
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1930 Watercolour, monogrammed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. On the back, certified by the artist in 1961. Without
Single work Original signed watercolour de  : Abstract composition VI
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1930 Watercolour, monogrammed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. On the back, certified by the artist in 1961. Without
Single work Original signed watercolour de  : Abstract composition IV
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1932 Watercolour, monogrammed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. On the back, certified by the artist in 1961. Without
Single work Original signed watercolour de  : Abstract composition III
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1929 Watercolour, monogrammed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. On the back, certified by the artist in 1961. Without
Single work Original signed watercolour de  : Abstract composition II
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1930 Watercolour, monogrammed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. On the back, certified by the artist in 1961. Without

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
* Aquarelle 1-1509, Karlheinz Gabler, Galerie Marbach-Verlag, 1971. Catalogue raisonné des Aquarelles pour la période Bauhaus de la fin de 1929 au début de 1931. All the "catalogues raisonnés"

Bibliographic track & more

To read from or about the artist :
* Henri Pfeiffer - Oeuvre 1926-1931, H. Gatermann, Editions Marbach, Berne, 1964.
* Catalogue de l'exposition de l'artiste, Oeuvres du Bauhaus 1927-1933, M. Ragon et R. Hauert,  Galerie Bellechasse, Paris, 1964.
* Catalogue de l'exposition de l'artiste, Bilder und Aquarelle, Galerie  Olaf Hutwalcker, Frankfurt am Main, 1964.
* L'harmonie des couleurs, Henri Ernst Pfeiffer, Dunod Editeur, Paris, 1965.
* Catalogue de l'exposition de l'artiste, Aquarelle 1-1509, Karlheinz Gabler, Galerie Marbach-Verlag, 1971.
* BA-Bauhaus, M. Droste, P. Gossel, Ed. Taschen, 2015.

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  • + BAUHAUS / 1919-1933 / Lyonel Feininger, Johannes Itten, Vassili Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Gerhard Marcks, Georg Muche, Oskar Schlemmer, etc.
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